Species:

Acanthodactylus nilsoni  RASTEGAR-POUYANI, 1998

Common names:

Nilson’s Fransenfingereidechse (German)
Nilson’s Fringe-fingered Lizard (English)

Types:

Holotype: GNM 5145 (given as GNHM, Göteborg), adult male

Terra Typica:

34º30`N, 45º33`E, 5 km S Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah Province, Iran, about 7 km from Iran-Iraq border, 285 m elevation.

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Rastegar-Pouyani, N. (1998) -  A new species of Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Qasr-e-Shirin, Kermanshah Province, western Iran. -  Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 50 (9): 257-265.  

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