Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock and Finn, 1897:562

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 508

Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock and Finn, 1897:562 , pl. XIV

1897 “1896” Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock and Finn, An account of the Reptilia collected by Dr. F.P. Maynard, Captain A.H. McMahon, C.I.E., and the members of the Afghan-Baluch Boundary Comission of 1896. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 65:550–566, pls. XI–XV.

SYNTYPES.— BMNH 1946.1.14. 79, from “near Robat I, 4500 ft [= south of Koh Malik-dokhand , by the River Malah Do Kand, Garmser District, Helmand Province, S Afghanistan, ca. 1350 m elevation].” ZSI 14223–25 from the same locality .

LOCALITIES.— 10 km NE of Darweshan (CAS 120493); 56 km S and 10 km E of Darweshan (CAS 120494) [see pl. 11, fig. 8 for distribution].

REMARKS.—Clark (1990) collected specimens after dark on sand dunes.