. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. 2001 Asiatic Herpetological Research , pp. 107-112 A New Species of Eremias (Sauna: Lacertidae) from Highlands of Kermanshah Province, Western Iran Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani1 and Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani2 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran, e-mail: nasrullah® 'Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Sabzevar University, Sabzevar, Iran. A new and distinctive species of the genus and subgenus Eremias is described from the hi
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. 2001 Asiatic Herpetological Research , pp. 107-112 A New Species of Eremias (Sauna: Lacertidae) from Highlands of Kermanshah Province, Western Iran Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani1 and Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani2 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran, e-mail: nasrullah® 'Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Sabzevar University, Sabzevar, Iran. A new and distinctive species of the genus and subgenus Eremias is described from the highlands of Kermanshah Province, western Iran at about 1800 m elevation. It is easily distinguished from all other species of the typical subgenus (E. velox, E. persica, E. strauchi, E. nigrolateralis, E. lalezharica, E. afghanistanica, E. regeli, E. suphani, and E. nikolskii) by a variable number of postmentals (4-5 pairs), smaller size, and distinctive color pattern. Furthermore, it can be distinguished by having a combination of characters against any of the species in the typical subgenus. Systematics of the genus and subgenus Eremias is shortly discussed. Key Lacertidae, Eremias, Eremias (Eremias) montanus. Western Iran , Zagros Mountains, Kermanshah province, Siah-Darreh. Figure 1. Location of Kermanshah province on the Ira- nian Plateau. Introduction The lacertid genus Eremias Fitzinger, 1834 encom- passes about 33 species of mostly sand, steppe, and desert dweller lizards which are distributed from northern China, Mongolia, Korea, Central and south- west Asia to southeastern Europe (Rastegar-Pouyani and Nilson, 1997). The genus is Central Asian in its relationships and affinities (Szczerbak, 1974). About 15 species of the genus Eremias occur on the Iranian Plateau mostly in northern, central, and eastern regions (Rastegar-Pouyani and Nilson, 1997; Ander- son, 1999). To date, no comprehensive study has been carried out on Eremias fauna of the Iranian Plateau and
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