Soheila Shafiei Bafti - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran
Mohammad Ebrahim Sehhatisabet - Department of the Environment of Iran, Provincial Office of Kerman, Iran
Naeim Moradi - Iranian Plateau Herpetology Research Group (IPHRG), Faculty of Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

One juvenile specimen of the desert cobra (Walterinnesia morgani) was obtained from Kerman Province, southeastern Iran. Three further localities of the species were recorded during ۲۰۱۰–۲۰۲۰. The farthest locality is situated about ۲۷۰ km northeast of the easternmost limit of the range. These records indicate a wider distribution of Walterinnesia morgani on the Iranian Plateau than previously thought. Results indicated that Walterinnesia morgani has a compatible distribution pattern with the zoogeographical region of the Khuzestan Plain and the Persian Gulf Coast. In addition, information on pholidosis and habitat is presented.

Desert cobra, distribution, Kerman, morphology