Phrynocephalus ornatus Boulenger, 1887

LECTOTYPE. BMNH 1946.8.28.20 (ex. BMNH 86.9.21.49), designated by Anderson & Leviton (1967); Holotype CAS 141204 (P. o. vindumi) .

TYPE LOCALITY. Originally northern Baluchistan; restricted to “between Nushki and Helmand, Afghanistan ” by Anderson & Leviton (1967).

DISTRIBUTION. E Iran, SW Afghanistan, W Pakistan.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 17. Khorasan Razavi and South Khorasan Prov.

HABITAT. Sand dunes and sand heaps in the same habitat as P. mystaceus (Anderson 1999) .

REMARKS. The subspecies P. o. vindumi Golubev (type locality: 35 km N of Gonabad on road to Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Khorasan Razavi Prov.) occurs in Iran .

REFERENCES. Anderson & Leviton (1967); Leviton & Anderson (1970); Golubev (1998); Anderson (1999).