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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 ...
Inhabits arid desert with shrubbery, particularly because females deposit eggs in holes dug under bushes. Schmidt's fringe-fingered lizard: Acanthodactylus opheodurus: 18 cm (7.1 in) Least concern: Found in more sandy areas, especially dunes near the capital Doha: Hadramout sand lizard: Mesalina adramitana: 12 cm (4.7 in) Least concern: N/A
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
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 ...
To further support their title as a "sand-fish," these lizards are able to breathe even when completely submerged in the desert sand. [10] They breathe the tiny pockets of air between grains of sand, and a specially-formed respiratory tract catches inhaled particles before they reach the lungs. These particles are then expelled via sneezing. [10]
The Arabian oryx is the national animal of Dubai (Chris Zacharia) Where dune meets sky, sketched in the sand like a hieroglyph, we find our first sign: the jagged ‘w’ of two talon prints.
This category is for articles about reptiles native to the Arabian Peninsula (Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen). Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.