Eremias nova Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2005

HOLOTYPE. A series of numbers given in the original description (RUZM 96 T-104T), none specified for the holotype.

TYPE LOCALITY. 21 km SW of Hamadan, Hamadan Prov., Iran .

DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to Iran.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 101. Known only from the type locality .

HABITAT. Stony hills and mountainous steppes with vegetation consisting mainly of Astragalus, Euphorbia, and Gondelium.

REMARKS. We follow Sindaco & Jeremčenko (2008) in using the spelling ‘ nova’ instead of ‘ novo ’ as it was originally described since the gender of Eremias is feminine.

REFERENCES. Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani (2005).