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  United Arab Emirates:  10 species
 
Acanthodactylus blanfordii BOULENGER, 1918
Acanthodactylus boskianus asper (AUDOUIN, 1829)
Acanthodactylus gongrorhynchatus LEVITON & ANDERSON, 1967
Acanthodactylus haasi LEVITON & ANDERSON, 1967
Acanthodactylus opheodurus ARNOLD, 1980
Acanthodactylus schmidti HAAS, 1957
Mesalina adramitana (BOULENGER, 1917)
Mesalina brevirostris BLANFORD, 1874
Omanosaura cyanura (ARNOLD, 1972)
Omanosaura jayakari (BOULENGER, 1887)
 
 

Acanthodactylus boskianus asper

 

Acanthodactylus boskianus asper

 

  (AUDOUIN, 1829)

 
 
 

The range is limited to the narrow area where the gravel plains at the foot of the mountains meet the sand dunes, but it is recorded elsewhere to elevations of up to 2000 m.


 
 

Source: Marycke Jongbloed `Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of the UAE. Wild About Reptiles`