The species is native to southeastern Europe and western Asia.

P. guttatus is found in Kazakhstan, southern Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

[1] The preferred natural habitat of P. guttatus is desert, at altitudes from 16 m (52 ft) below sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).

[2] Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Phrynocephalus.

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