View on selected localities from Afghanistan that were visited: A – habitat of Bufotes viridis complex and Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis from Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar; B – stony, semi-desert habitat of Eremias aff. nigrocellata from Kaldar, Balkh; C – semi-desert habitat of Trapelus agilis from Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan; D – vicinity of small village Waza Kwah, Paktika as habitat of Testudo horsfieldii; E – desert habitat of Cyrtopodion agamuroides complex from Camp Leatherneck, Washir, Helmand; F – burrows in semi-desert habitat that were used by Eremias persica as a shelter, Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar.