Animalz

Hemidactylus

  • West Arabian Half-toed Gecko Hemidactylus granosus

    Adult males have a long head, distinctly separated from the body by a slender neck. Adult males have crescent-shaped ear openings. Adult males have prominent, unkeeled tubercles on the forearms, thighs and lower legs. In Saudi Arabia, it is recorded inside concrete tunnels under roads and on the walls of the Taif National Wildlife Research Centre. It is recorded from Sharm el-Sheikh and Ayoun Musa in Sinai, Egypt, and from western and central Saudi Arabia.

  • Al Hababi Half-toed Gecko Hemidactylus ulii

    Adult males have projecting supraciliary granules forming a comb-like structure above the eyes. Adult males have oval ear openings. Adult males have enlarged, backward-pointing dorsal tubercles with longitudinal keels. It is recorded in open dry wadis with scattered rocks and boulders, stony deserts, and gardens and irrigated cropland near villages. It is recorded from Al Hababi, Wadi Zabid, Al Hadr and other localities in southwestern Yemen.