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Uromastyx Yemenensis - Spiny-Tailed Lizard

This particular species can be found in Yemen's Empty Quarter and South Hadramawt region. It prefers rocky areas and high plateaus, but at times can found out in the open flats, basting in the sun or forging on succulent sprouts. It is a beautiful reptile. Harmless and shy. The adults have a yellowish body with a rust red head. The young and juveniles have a yellowish spiked tail with multicolored spotted body. They fear humans and can run quite fast to avoid them. The Bedouins call this reptile "Dhab" and are known to eat the larger ones. The photo shows a large adult measuring about 1 meter long. It was found traveling from an outcropping, across an open wadi to another outcropping.