Pseudocerastes urarachnoides Bostanchi, Anderson, Kami & Papenfuss, 2006: 446 Annotated checklist of the endemic Tetrapoda species of Iran Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar Fathinia, Behzad Bahmani, Zahed Hamidi, Kordiyeh Gholamifard, Ali Zoosystema 2018 2018-11-29 40 24 507 537 4NR3R Bostanchi, Anderson, Kami & Papenfuss, 2006 Bostanchi, Anderson, Kami & Papenfuss 2006 Reptilia Viperidae Pseudocerastes Animalia Squamata 21 526 Chordata species urarachnoides      Pseudocerastes urarachnoides Bostanchi, Anderson, Kami & Papenfuss, 2006: 446. COMMON NAME. — Iranian Spider-tailed Viper.    HOLOTYPE. — FMNH 170929. TYPE LOCALITY. —  70 km South Westof Ilam, probably on road to Amirabad and Mehran, Ilam Province( Bostanchi et al.2006).  DISTRIBUTION. —  Ilam, Kermanshahand Khuzestan Provinces in Westand South Westof Iran( Fathinia et al.2009). HABITAT. — Primarily in limestone sediments occurring in the Provinces with recently-known narrow penetration into rocky habitats of the Zagros Mountains ( Fathinia et al.2014).  IUCN. — Data deficient.  REFERENCES. — Bostanchi et al.(2006); Fathinia et al.(2009); Fathinia (2014).  REMARK Based on molecular data the Iranian Spider-tailed viper is more closely related to  P. persicus(Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)than to  P. fieldiSchmidt, 1930 ( Fathinia 2014). Class AVES Linnaeus, 1758 Order PASSERIFORMES Linnaeus, 1758Family CORVIDAE Vigors, 1825Genus  PodocesFischer Von Waldheim, 1821 3001053366 [813,1129,1100,1124] FMNH 21 526 FMNH 170929 1 holotype 3001053381 South West 21 526 1 Ilam 3001053304 Iran Provinces in West South West 21 526 1 Ilam