Geographic Range
It is found in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Western Pakistan, Northern India, U.S.S.R., South Turkmenistan, South Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Jordan, Syria Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Northern Sudan, Turkey, Arabia, and Oman.
The named races or subspecies are found as follows:
- Race atriceps: Pakistan
- Race cliffordi: from Morocco to Egypt and Israel
- Race schiraziana: Zagros Mts. and the region of Bushire in W Iran, eastwards to S Turkmenistan into Afghanistan and India; Pakistan
- Race diadema: Pakistan, India
Type locality: Shiraz, Iran
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