Saara asmussi, also known commonly as the Iranian mastigure and the Persian spiny-tailed lizard, is a species of lizard belonging to the family Agamidae.

The specific name, asmussi, is in honor of Baltic German paleozoologist Hermann Martin Asmuss.

[3] S. asmussi occurs in Afghanistan, southern Iran, and Pakistan.

[4] S. asmussi eats leaves, stems, and seeds of herbaceous plants.

If disturbed it lashes its heavy spiky tail in defense.