. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Vol. 9, p. 108 Asiatic Herpetological Research 2001 with steppe vegetation (, Astragalus, Euphorbia, Zygophyllurn), about 60 km northeast of city of Ker- manshah, Kermanshah province, western Iran (Fig. 2). Eremias montanus, new species (Figs. 3-4) Holotype and type locality: An adult female, Field number P198, collected by the senior author on 14 August 1995 from the upland regions of the Zagros Mountains, 60 km northeast of city of Kermanshah (47° 5'E, 34° 52'N), Kermanshah Province, western
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Vol. 9, p. 108 Asiatic Herpetological Research 2001 with steppe vegetation (, Astragalus, Euphorbia, Zygophyllurn), about 60 km northeast of city of Ker- manshah, Kermanshah province, western Iran (Fig. 2). Eremias montanus, new species (Figs. 3-4) Holotype and type locality: An adult female, Field number P198, collected by the senior author on 14 August 1995 from the upland regions of the Zagros Mountains, 60 km northeast of city of Kermanshah (47° 5'E, 34° 52'N), Kermanshah Province, western Iran , at about 1800 m elevation Paratypes: Two adult females. Field number PI 99- P200, other information as for the holotype. Diagnosis and comparison: A small-sized lacertid, maximum snout-vent length (SVL)= , tail length = 95mm, with 13-14 longitudinal and 27-28 transverse rows of ventral plates, slightly converging posteriorly; with 63-67 small, granular scales across. middle of dorsum. A species belonging to the subge- nus Eremias: subocular reaches mouth edge; one fron- tonasal; two supraoculars which are not completely separated from frontal and frontoparietals; distance between the femoral pores being narrow; color pattern "striped"; inhabitant of steppe and mountain-steppe landscapes (Szczerbak, 1974: 83). On the other hand, it differs from all other species of its relevant subgenus based on having several dis- tinguishing characters; the color pattern is distinctive and it is distinguishable from all other species in this character i. e., dorsum uniformly dark-brown without spots and ocelli, interrupted by five light longitudinal stripes; the vertebral stripe bifurcating on the nape, two paravertebrals on each side; a broad dorso-lateral stripe containing one or two regularly arranged light spots (different from the other Eremias species in this character); Furthermore, it differs from each species of the typical subgenus in the following character
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