- حالة الحفظ
- غير مهدد حاليًا
- أقرب مدينة
- Sulaymaniyah
A small-sized lizard, reaching up to 22 cm in length. It is a diurnal species, often seen basking on rocks before searching for food among leaf litter and under stones.It prefers steppe, foothill, forested, and mountainous habitats. Its distribution in the Kurdistan Region is poorly known; it has been recorded from Darbandikhan, the plains of Erbil, Safeen Mountain, and Duhok Governorate. Its diet consists mainly of beetles, ants, spiders, caterpillars, grasshoppers, and other invertebrates.
Photo & Source Credit: Photo: Soran H. Ahmed; Source: Soran H. Ahmed and Soma I. Majeed