Reptiles > Lizards
The Ocellated Skink (Chalcides ocellatus), affectionately known across the Mediterranean as the Eyed Skink or Gongilo, is a beautifully patterned, cylindrical lizard belonging to the skink family Scincidae. Renowned for its highly polished, glossy armor of overlapping...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Common Flat Lizard (Platysaurus intermedius) is one of the most widespread and magnificent rock-specialist reptiles of southern Africa’s bushveld. Belonging to the family Cordylidae, this remarkable lizard has undergone extreme morphological flattening,...
Reptiles > Snakes
The Blunt-nosed Viper (Macrovipera lebetina), also known as the Levantine Viper or Lebetine Viper, is the largest and most formidable venomous snake in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Endemic to sun-baked rocky gorges, mountain slopes, and agricultural...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Sandfish Skink (Scincus scincus), known universally as the Sandfish, is one of the most astonishingly adapted desert specialists on Earth. Inhabiting the vast, scorching sand dunes of the Sahara and Arabian deserts, this pale, polished lizard possesses the surreal...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Augrabies Flat Lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi), also known as Broadley’s Flat Lizard, is a spectacularly colored reptile endemic to the rugged, sun-scorched granite canyons surrounding the Augrabies Falls on the Orange River in southern Africa. Adapted to an...
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