Cladogram of the strict-consensus tree obtained from Bayesian analysis using Plestiodon elegans and Ophiomorus persicus as outgroups. Based on the combined dataset of 1,523 bp of COI, 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA mtDNA genes. Ablepharus bivittatus (Clade 1); A. chernovi (Clade 2); A. pannonicus includes populations from Khorasan Razavi and Semnan Provinces (subclade C1a), A. grayanus complex includes populations from east and south-eastern Iran (subclade C1b) and Ablepharus sp. is contributed in eastern parts of Iraq and the west and southwest of Iran (subclade C2). Numbers next to the nodes are posterior probabilities followed by Maximum Likelihood (ML) bootstrap support values. Significant values are usually those over 90% for BI and over 70% for ML.