sand fish

Congratulations Dr.Abdulhadi Aloufi! Your spotting has been chosen for Project Noah's Fact of the Day:
"Not fish but reptiles! The remarkable sandfish are desert dwelling skinks, and some of the world’s most accomplished burrowers. When too hot or threatened, sandfish will move efficiently under the sand surface as if swimming, a behavior facilitated by a number of adaptations including short strong limbs, a streamlined body, a chisel-shaped snout, and small nostrils. Sandfish are distributed over a desert belt from the west coast of Africa, through the Sahara and into the Arabic Peninsula and south western Asia". Sandfish (Scincus scincus meccensis) spotted in Saudi Arabia by Project Noah user Dr.Abdulhadi Aloufi
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Congratulations doc! Really wonderful find. Like a very small and odd dinosaur :-)

Also congratulations - first spotting of this species on Noah!

Cool spotting of this skink! You could add a reference for people who want to know more about it: http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/spe...

Wow...That's an interesting looking critter :) Thank you for sharing!

Awesome !

Very interesting!

Very interesting spotting. Thanks for sharing this Dr Aloufi.

Perfect shape.