The coin-marked snake, or leaden-colored racer, is found in Armenia, the North Caucasus, Cyprus, northeast Egypt, Greece (in the Aegean islands including Kalymnos, Kos, and Lipsi), northeastern Iran, northern Iraq, northern and central Israel, Jordan, eastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Russia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.