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The genus is native to Africa and the Middle East (West Asia). Member species are commonly called spiny-tailed lizards, uromastyces, mastigures, or dabb lizards. Lizards in the genus Uromastyx are primarily herbivorous, but occasionally eat insects and other small animals, especially young lizards. They spend most of their waking hours basking ...
Arabian toad-headed agama (Phrynocephalus arabicus) is a species of agamid lizard found in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iran, and Jordan. [ 2 ] Arabian Toad-headed Agama from United Arab Emirates
Gekkonidae is a large family of cosmopolitan lizards. It is a remarkably diverse family with upwards of a thousand species. [9] Bearing specially-designed pads on their toes, geckos are granted effective adhesion to several surfaces. Vernacularly known as “بريعصي [10]", there are at least 10 species in Qatar.
National animals of the Levant: Arabian oryx (Jordan), mountain gazelle and hoopoe (), striped hyena (Lebanon), Palestine sunbird (Palestine), and saker falcon (Syria). The wildlife of the Levant encompasses all types of wild plants and animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fresh and saltwater fish, and invertebrates, that inhabit the region historically known as the Levant ...
Arabian oryx, the national animal of Qatar. The wildlife of Qatar includes the peninsula's flora and fauna and their natural habitats. The country's terrestrial wildlife includes numerous small nocturnal mammals, a number of reptiles which mainly consist of lizard species, and arthropods. Aquatic animals primarily include fish, shrimp and pearl ...
The Arabian oryx is the national animal of Dubai (Chris Zacharia) ... Dubai’s desert is home to 560 species of flora and fauna. Properly maintained, it’s a rich habitat. But overfarming and ...
The Dhofar region in the south has a great variety of breeding and migratory species. [7] The Omani owl (Strix butleri) is a species of owl discovered in 2013, and is believed to be the only bird endemic to Oman. [8] Oman has about sixty-four species of reptile; these include lizards, skinks, geckos, agamas and a single species of chameleon.
"Survey of the reptiles of the Sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi, Arabian Peninsula. Part II. Systematic account of the collection of reptiles made in the Sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi by John Gasperetti". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 35: 157–192. (Acanthodactylus haasi, new species, pp. 177-178 + Figures 9B, 10B on pp. 174 ...