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Keeled Rock Gecko

Cyrtopodion scabrum

Description:

medium sized gecko, long and slender limbs, long slender tail, slender digits when bend angularly

Habitat:

area with gardens; natural habitat in Egypt is unknown, "almost all specimens have been seen on man-made structures"; coastal urban developments along Red Sea coast, including Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba;

Notes:

likely not to be native fauna to Egypt - may have been introduced by humans through Red Sea ports, historically popular in trade A Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Egypt - Sherif Baha El DIn

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Bernadette S
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Bernadette S

Egypt

Spotted on Nov 9, 2007
Submitted on Feb 5, 2012

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