Phrynocephalus lutensis KAMALI & ANDERSON, 2015
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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 |
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). |
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