Distribution by country

Iran: 61 species

Acanthodactylus blanfordii BOULENGER, 1918
Acanthodactylus boskianus euphraticus BOULENGER, 1919
Acanthodactylus cantoris GÜNTHER, 1864
Acanthodactylus grandis BOULENGER, 1909
Acanthodactylus khamirensis HEIDARI et al., 2013
Acanthodactylus micropholis BLANFORD, 1874
Acanthodactylus nilsoni RASTEGAR-POUYANI, 1998
Acanthodactylus schmidti HAAS, 1957
Acanthodactylus zagrosicus MOZAFFARI et al., 2021
Apathya cappadocica urmiana (LANTZ & SUCHOW, 1934)
Apathya yassujica (NILSON et al., 2003)
Darevskia caspica AHMADZADEH et al. 2013
Darevskia chlorogaster (BOULENGER, 1908)
Darevskia defilippii (CAMERANO, 1877)
Darevskia kamii AHMADZADEH et al. 2013
Darevskia kopetdaghica AHMADZADEH et al. 2013
Darevskia praticola hyrcanica TUNIYEV et al., 2011
Darevskia raddei raddei (BOETTGER, 1892)
Darevskia raddei chaldoranensis RASTEGAR-POUYANI et al., 2011
Darevskia raddei vanensis (EISELT, SCHMIDTLER & DAREVSKY, 1993)
Darevskia schaekeli AHMADZADEH et al. 2013
Darevskia steineri (EISELT, 1995)
Eremias acutirostris (BOULENGER, 1887)
Eremias andersoni DAREVSKY & SZCZERBAK, 1978
Eremias arguta (PALLAS, 1773)
Eremias fahimii MOZAFFARI & AHMADZADEH & SABERI-PIROOZ, 2020
Eremias fasciata BLANFORD, 1874
Eremias grammica (LICHTENSTEIN, 1823)
Eremias graphica ORLOVA, RASEGAR-POUYANI, RAJABIZADEH, NABIZADEH, POYARKOV, MELNIKOV & NAZAROV, 2023
Eremias intermedia (STRAUCH, 1876)
Eremias isfahanica RASTEGAR-POUYANI et al., 2016
Eremias kavirensis MOZAFFARI & PARHAM, 2007

Eremias kopetdaghica SZCZERBAK, 1972
Eremias lalezharica MORAVEC, 1994
Eremias lineolata (NIKOLSKY, 1896)
Eremias montana RASTEGAR-POUYANI & RASTEGAR-POUYANI, 2001
Eremias nigrocellata NIKOLSKY, 1896
Eremias papenfussi MOZAFFARI, AHMADZADEH & PARHAM, 2011
Eremias persica BLANFORD, 1874
Eremias pleskei BEDRIAGA, 1905
Eremias pseudofasciata ORLOVA, E. RASEGAR-POUYANI, RAJABIZADEH, NABIZADEH, POYARKOV, MELNIKOV & NAZAROV, 2023
Eremias rafiqi MASROOR et al., 2022
Eremias scripta scripta (STRAUCH, 1867)
Eremias strauchi KESSLER, 1878
Eremias suphani BAŞOĞLU & HELLMICH, 1968
Eremias velox velox (PALLAS, 1771)
Iranolacerta brandtii esfahanica (NILSON et al., 2003)
Iranolacerta brandtii brandtii (DE FELIPPI, 1863)
Iranolacerta zagrosica (RASTEGAR-POUYANI & NILSON, 1998)
Lacerta media media LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1920
Lacerta strigata EICHWALD, 1831
Mesalina ardestanica BOROUMAND et al., 2024
Mesalina bardaskanensis BOROUMAND et al., 2024
Mesalina bernoullii (SCHENKEL, 1901)
Mesalina brevirostris BLANFORD, 1874
Mesalina esfarayensis BOROUMAND et al., 2024
Mesalina halilica BOROUMAND et al., 2024
Mesalina kermanensis BOROUMAND et al., 2024
Mesalina khuzestanensis BOROUMAND et al., 2024
Mesalina microlepis (ANGEL, 1936)
Mesalina watsonana (STOLICZKA, 1872)
Ophisops elegans elegans MÉNÉTRIÉS, 1832
Timon kurdistanicus (SUCHOW, 1936)
Timon princeps (BLANFORD, 1874)

Mesalina ardestanica

BOROUMAND et al., 2024

Provinces of Mazandarän, Alborz, Tehran, Markazi, Ghom, Semnan and Esfahan.

Source: Boroumand, H. & Bafti, S.S. & Saberi-Pirooz, R. & Böhme, W. & Ahmadzadeh, F. (2024) - Description of six new species from Mesalina watsonana complex in the Iranian plateau and neighboring regions. - Zootaxa 5501 (1): 108–130

Iran

Mesalina ardestanica: 1 reference