Phrynocephalus lutensis KAMALI & ANDERSON, 2015
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Phrynocephalus lutensis
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Lut Desert Toad Headed Agama |
| Synonym | Phrynocephalus lutensis KAMALI & ANDERSON 2015 Phrynocephalus lutensis — NASRABADI et al. 2017 Phrynocephalus lutensis — SOLOVYEVA et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | Iran (Kerman; probably Khorasan, Sistan, Baluchistan) Type locality: Rig-e Yalan, Dasht-e Lut (Mega Dune, Lut Desert), Kerman Province, near the junction of Kerman, South Khorasan and Sistan & Baluchistan Provinces. 30° 27’ N, 59° 21’ E. 963m |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZISP 28014, Adult male (Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg). Collected by Mehrdad Ghazvinian 11 March 2014. Paratypes. Adult male, ZISP 28015; Adult female, ZISP 28016, Same data as holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: No upraised swollen scales on dorsum; no cutaneous fold at angle of mouth; no fringe of scales on posterior border of thigh and sides of base of tail; side of head and neck without projecting fringe-like scales; prominent fold on lateral sides of body, separating dorsal and ventral scales; dorsal scales subequal, smooth in general appearance, with upturned mucros when viewed from the side under magnification, homogeneous, not keeled; no enlarged scales along flanks; nasals not in contact and separated by 1–3 small scales; tail 106–119 percent of snout-vent length; no spinose scales on neck or back of head; both sides of third and fourth toes and one side of second toe strongly fringed; suborbital scales small and equal in size and never elongate; nostril not visible in entirety when head viewed from side; supralabial scales separated from eye by 3–4 rows of scales; about 30 lamellae under fourth toe; width of space between nostrils less than one half of distance between nostril and preocular ridge; about 30 scales from eye to eye across head. Snout-vent length (mm) 65–75, tail 69–89 (tail = 106–119% body length). |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Phylogenetics: Ebrahimipour et al. 2021 found populations of P. maculatus to be paraphyletic, especially including P. lutensis. Pakistani populations of lutensis nested within Pakistani populations of maculatus, hence lutensis was restricted to Iran. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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