kurdistan province in the western iran possesses varied climatic and geographical conditions that led to rich biodiversity. an investigation on the status of lizards in this province was carried out from june 2010 to september 2011. a total of 73 specimens were collected and identified. the collected specimens represented four families, 10 genera, and 14 species and subspecies, including agamid...

the spotted toad-headed agama, phrynocephalus maculatus, is a member of the agamidae family distributed in the central and south-eastern deserts of iran. iranian specimens are rare in collections. in this research, the female reproductive cycle of this species was studied from april 5 to august 5, 2013. totally, 15 adult females were collected by hand at midday from southern parts of damghan co...