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  2. List of reptiles of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    A Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Egypt. The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN ...

  3. Asp (snake) - Wikipedia

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    According to Plutarch, the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, in preparing for her own suicide, tested various deadly poisons on condemned people and concluded that the bite of the asp (from the Greek word aspis, usually meaning an Egyptian cobra in Ptolemaic Egypt, and not the European asp) was the least terrible way to die; the venom brought ...

  4. List of wild animals of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the wild animal species that were reported in Egypt. Class: Mammalia (mammals) Aardvark. Order: Tubulidentata (aardvarks) Family: Orycteropodidae.

  5. Egyptian cobra - Wikipedia

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    In Ptolemaic Egypt, the term "aspis" (an ancient Greek word referring to a wide variety of venomous snakes) was most likely an Egyptian cobra. This aspect of her apparent suicide has been questioned in recent years, as the relatively large size of the snake would have made it difficult to conceal, and because Egyptian cobra venom is slow-acting ...

  6. Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: amphibious-animals-reptiles ...

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    § Amphibious animals, reptiles, etc. Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: amphibious-animals-reptiles-etc (4) K § Fishes and parts of fishes: Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: fishes and parts of fishes (0) L § Invertebrata and lesser animals: Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: invertebrates and lesser animals (3) M § Trees and plants

  7. Leopard fringe-fingered lizard - Wikipedia

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    The leopard fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus pardalis), also known commonly as the Egyptian fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to North Africa .

  8. List of reptiles - Wikipedia

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    Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives. The study of these traditional reptile orders , historically combined with that of modern amphibians , is called herpetology .

  9. Uromastyx aegyptia - Wikipedia

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    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).