A) Distribution of Macrovipera razii in Iran. Black lozenges (group I) represent the localities of the specimens in the present study, black triangles represent records used in Oraie et al.) 2018(. I: Central Zagros region, 1: Around Harooni, North-West of Shahrekord (32.378807 N, 50.544209 E), 2: South Ardal (31.950942 N, 50.6871043 E) , 3: Around Shalamzar (32.043408 N, 50.709343 E), 4: Around Mosa-Abad, South of Shahrekord (32.098472 N, 50.805111 E); II: Foothills of Fars Province; III: Central Iranian plateau; IV: High Altitude of Kerman Province. B) A median-joining network connecting 7 haplotypes found in the Cytb sequence data set. Median vector shown with black nodes, the branch length is indicated through the numbers of mutational steps joining the haplotypes. Central Zagros region (H1: HAC 805, HAC 777, H2: HAC 529, H3: HAC 670); High Altitude of Kerman Province (H4: ERP 143, ERP 1941); Foothills of Fars Province (H5: ERP 1518, H6: ERP 1981); Central Iranian plateau (H7: ERP 3183, ERP 2376, ERP 1531).