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Reptiles found in Egypt include: Family Gekkonidae. Genus Cyrtopodion ... Amphibians and Reptiles of Egypt. National Biodiversity Unit - Egyptian Government.
The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7. Wilms T, Böhme W (2000).
"Asp" is the modern anglicisation of the word "aspis", which in antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. [1] The specific epithet, aspis, is a Greek word that means "viper". [2] It is believed that aspis referred to what is now known as the Egyptian cobra. [3]
An ancient Egyptian scribe’s snake fascination has carried on for 2,500 years. In a recently located tomb outside of Cairo, archeologists were confronted by the transparent volume of text and ...
This is a list of the wild animal species that were reported in Egypt. Class: Mammalia (mammals) Aardvark. Order: Tubulidentata (aardvarks) Family: Orycteropodidae.
The Egyptian cobra can also be found in captivity at zoos, both in and outside the snake’s natural range. The Giza Zoo, [11] San Diego Zoo, [12] and the Virginia Aquarium include the Egyptian cobra in their reptile collections.
Walterinnesia aegyptia, also known as the desert cobra or desert black snake, is a species of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae that is native to the Middle East. The specific epithet aegyptia (“of Egypt”) refers to part of its geographic range. [2]
It is found in the following countries: Morocco, Algeria, ... Type locality: Egypt. [2] Description. Adult lizards reach the maximum length of 55 mm, including tail. ...