![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1680/jpeg/11t.jpg) Button-scaled gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus) in sand near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1680/jpeg/10t.jpg) Tail of Button-scaled gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus) in sand near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1680/jpeg/09t.jpg) Button-scaled gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus) found under a piece of foam in sand near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1680/jpeg/13t.jpg) Light colored species of button-scaled gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus) in sand near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1513/jpeg/08t.jpg) Button-scaled gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus) near Al Nuaman (Numan) in north-western Qatar, December 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1497/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close up of lizard Button-scaled gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus) in area between Al Khor and Ras Laffan. Qatar, November 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1497/jpeg/03t.jpg) Camouflaged lizard Button-scaled gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus) in area between Al Khor and Ras Laffan. Qatar, November 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1513/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close up of button-scaled gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus) near Al Nuaman (Numan) in north-western Qatar, December 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1680/jpeg/14t.jpg) Animal tracks in sand near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/23t.jpg) Sand ripples and sand mounds at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to north-west. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/19t.jpg) Sand mounds near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to north-west. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sand mounds near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to north-west. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/22t.jpg) Sand ripples at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to north-west. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/20t.jpg) Texture of a sand mound near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to north-west. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/07t.jpg) Sand texture at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to south-east. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/06t.jpg) Sand ripples at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to north-west. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sand mounds and ripples near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to north-west. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/21t.jpg) Ripples on a sand mound near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to north-west. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/05t.jpg) Sand mounds and ripples at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to north-west. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/24t.jpg) Sand ripples after windy weather near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to north-west. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/17t.jpg) Seidlitzia rosmarinus growing on sand mounds near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to north-west. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/25t.jpg) Sand mounds (habitat of Seidlitzia rosmarinus) near Mesaieed, with Sealine Beach Resort in background, view to south-east. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/18t.jpg) Sand ripples near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/13t.jpg) Sand ripples near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/22t.jpg) Sand mounds of windblown sand at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/19t.jpg) Windblown sand at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1702/jpeg/02t.jpg) Windblown sand at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/12t.jpg) Lizard s burrow in sand near Mesaieed, near Sealine Beach Resort. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1702/jpeg/01t.jpg) Sand texture at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/20t.jpg) Car tracks on sand ripples at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1702/jpeg/04t.jpg) Wavy sand ripples at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close up of Seidlitzia rosmarinus in sand near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, July 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/03t.jpg) Seidlitzia rosmarinus growing in sand near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, July 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/25t.jpg) Animal burrow in windblown sand near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/23t.jpg) Field of windblown sand at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1702/jpeg/03t.jpg) Rippled sand layer at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pattern of windblown sand at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/14t.jpg) Pattern of sand ripples at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pattern of sand ripples at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/01t.jpg) Texture of sand ripples at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/05t.jpg) Seidlitzia rosmarinus emerging from sand near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, July 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/04t.jpg) Seidlitzia rosmarinus in sand near Mesaieed, with Sealine Beach Resort in background. Southern Qatar, July 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/17t.jpg) Sand ripples and low dunes at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/06t.jpg) Seidlitzia rosmarinus growing on a sand mound near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, August 28, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/16t.jpg) Sand mounds (habitat of Seidlitzia rosmarinus) near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1702/jpeg/07t.jpg) Wavy texture of aeolian sand at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/26t.jpg) Wavy pattern of sand ripples at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/18t.jpg) Sand mounds with plants of Seidlitzia at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/15t.jpg) Windblown sand mounds and ripples at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/24t.jpg) Wavy pattern of sand ripples and sand mounds with plants of Seidlitzia rosmarinus at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1701/jpeg/21t.jpg) Sand mounds with plants of Seidlitzia rosmarinus at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/01t.jpg) Seidlitzia rosmarinus (local names shenan, julman) on a sand mound near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, July 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1702/jpeg/05t.jpg) Wavy sand ripples and low mounds with plants of Seidlitzia rosmarinus at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/08t.jpg) Sandy area at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed, view to south-east. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/09t.jpg) Sandy area at sunrise near Mesaieed, view to south-east, with Sealine Beach Resort in background. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1832/jpeg/06t.jpg) Windblown sand south from Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, May 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1832/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sand dunes south from Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, May 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1832/jpeg/04t.jpg) Tamarisk tree (Tamarix) in sand south from Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, May 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1702/jpeg/06t.jpg) Camel s tracks crossing vehicle s tracks over wavy sand ripples at sunrise near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1832/jpeg/05t.jpg) Sand mounds with Seidlitzia rosmarinus plants south from Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, May 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/11t.jpg) Tracks of a cart in sandy area near Mesaieed, near Sealine Beach Resort. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/10t.jpg) Ripples in sandy area at sunrise near Mesaieed, near Sealine Beach Resort. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1702/jpeg/08t.jpg) Blooming tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) near a fence of Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1702/jpeg/09t.jpg) Fruits of tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) near a fence of Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/23t.jpg) Front view of urchin beetle (Pionotheca coronata) taken from sandy area near Mesaieed, near Sealine Beach Resort. Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1832/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sands south from Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, May 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1832/jpeg/01t.jpg) Sunrise in sands south from Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, May 27, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1370/jpeg/11t.jpg) Bushes of Seidlitzia rosmarinus (Salsola rosmarinus, Suaeda rosmarinus, local names shenan, Julman) on sand mounds near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, March 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/840/jpeg/13t.jpg) Baluch ground gecko Bunopus tuberculatus (Baiuch Rock Gecko, a lizard) found under a stone in desert. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 5, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/21t.jpg) Urchin beetle (Pionotheca coronata) taken from sandy area near Mesaieed, near Sealine Beach Resort. Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1370/jpeg/15t.jpg) Dry black-spored mushroom Montagnea arenaria (inky cap Gastroid Coprinus) south from Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, March 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1370/jpeg/14t.jpg) Slender branches of Polycarpaea repens (Corrigiola repens) south from Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, March 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/22t.jpg) Serrated edge of the elytra of urchin beetle (Pionotheca coronata) taken from sandy area near Mesaieed, near Sealine Beach Resort. Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/917/jpeg/21t.jpg) Beach of Mesaieed (Umm Said), south from Sealine Beach Resort. Qatar, February 26, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1370/jpeg/10t.jpg) Seidlitzia rosmarinus (Salsola rosmarinus, Suaeda rosmarinus, local names shenan, Julman) on dunes near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, March 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1370/jpeg/17t.jpg) Sedge (Cyperus conglomeratus) in sands south from Sealine Beach Resort. Southern Qatar, March 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1370/jpeg/19t.jpg) Dry mushrooms Montagnea arenaria (inky cap Coprinus) south from Sealine Beach Resort. Southern Qatar, March 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1370/jpeg/20t.jpg) Dry mushrooms Montagnea arenaria (inky cap Coprinus) in its habitat south from Sealine Beach Resort. Southern Qatar, March 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1370/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dry black-spored mushroom Montagnea arenaria (inky cap Coprinus) south from Sealine Beach Resort. Southern Qatar, March 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/02t.jpg) Seidlitzia rosmarinus in sand near Mesaieed, view to north-west. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1370/jpeg/18t.jpg) Green seedling of Tetraena qatarense (Zygophyllum qatarense, local name harm) in sands south from Sealine Beach Resort. Southern Qatar, March 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1029/jpeg/16t.jpg) Southern side of Singing Sand Dunes near Mesaieed. Qatar, March 10, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tetraena qatarense (Zygophyllum qatarense, local name harm) in sand on roadside between Mesaieed and Al Wakra. Southern Qatar, July 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1029/jpeg/15t.jpg) Mesaieed beach during sand storm. Qatar, March 10, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1782/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sand button (creeping thorn rose, Neurada procumbens, local name saadan) on sand dunes near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1782/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming sand button (creeping thorn rose, Neurada procumbens, local name saadan) on sand dunes near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1771/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sand button (creeping thorn rose, Neurada procumbens, local name saadan) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Khashem Al Nekhsh. Southern Qatar, March 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1782/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sand button (creeping thorn rose, Neurada procumbens, local name saadan) with a white flower on sand dunes near the spring in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, March 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1506/jpeg/12t.jpg) Button like fruits of Bienertia cycloptera on a beach in Abu Samra, near the border. Southern Qatar, November 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1506/jpeg/16t.jpg) Button like fruits of Bienertia cycloptera on a beach in Abu Samra, near the border. Southern Qatar, November 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/06t.jpg) Salsola drummondii on roadside between Mesaieed and Al Wakra. Southern Qatar, July 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sand button (creeping thorn rose, Neurada procumbens, local name saadan) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/09t.jpg) Twig Salsola drummondii on roadside between Mesaieed and Al Wakra. Southern Qatar, July 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/08t.jpg) Shoots of Salsola drummondii on roadside between Mesaieed and Al Wakra. Southern Qatar, July 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1675/jpeg/12t.jpg) Salt tolerant bush of Salsola drummondii on a beach in Abu Samra, near the border. Southern Qatar, October 16, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/14t.jpg) Branch of seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) on roadside between Mesaieed and Al Wakra. Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1620/jpeg/13t.jpg) Bush of seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) on roadside between Mesaieed and Al Wakra in Southern Qatar, July 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1341/jpeg/11t.jpg) Desert plant Sand button (creeping thorn rose, Neurada procumbens, local name saadan) near a road to Saudi Arabia in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1341/jpeg/08t.jpg) Black caterpillars on Sand button (creeping thorn rose, Neurada procumbens, local name saadan) near a road to Saudi Arabia in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
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