The species is endemic to Iran, Iraq and Pakistan.

[4][5][3] As of January 2019[update] its conservation status has not been assessed on the IUCN Red List.

[6] The Persia sand gecko was first formally described in 1903 by Alexander Nikolsky as Alsophylax persicus.

It has since been placed in several genera, including Cyrtodactylus, Bunopus, and Tropiocolotes.

[3] There are three accepted subspecies: The common names refers to its distribution in Persia (now Iran).