![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1700/jpeg/03t.jpg) Small gecko (lizard) Hemidactylus robustus found under a metal sheet in Umm Waqqad. Al Thakhira, Qatar, December 5, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1700/jpeg/04t.jpg) Gecko (lizard) Hemidactylus robustus found under a metal sheet in Umm Waqqad. Al Thakhira, Qatar, December 5, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1182/jpeg/27t.jpg) Small desert lizard Heyden s gecko (Hemidactylus robustus)(?) in Al Aaliya Island (Jazirat al Aliyah). Qatar, March 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1181/jpeg/08t.jpg) Desert lizard Heyden s gecko (Hemidactylus robustus) in Al Aaliya Island (Jazirat al Aliyah). Qatar, March 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1181/jpeg/09t.jpg) Desert lizard Heyden s gecko (Hemidactylus robustus) in sand of Al Aaliya Island (Jazirat al Aliyah). Qatar, March 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1181/jpeg/07t.jpg) Head of desert lizard Heyden s gecko (Hemidactylus robustus) in Al Aaliya Island (Jazirat al Aliyah). Qatar, March 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/12t.jpg) Head of leaf-toed gecko lizard (Hemidactylus persicus) found in northern part of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/13t.jpg) Close up of leaf-toed gecko lizard (Hemidactylus persicus) found in northern part of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/11t.jpg) Persian leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus persicus), adult lizard, found in northern part of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/15t.jpg) Persian leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus persicus), juvenile lizard, found in northern part of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close up of Persian leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus persicus), juvenile lizard, found in northern part of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/27t.jpg) Persian leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus persicus), juvenile lizard, caught in a small park north from oil tank installation in Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 20, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/26t.jpg) Close up of Persian leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus persicus), juvenile lizard, caught in a small park north from oil tank installation in Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 20, 2013
![](../../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/2014/1367/jpeg/17t.jpg) Large black scorpion Fat Tail (Androctonus crassicauda) found under a metal sheet (thanks to F. G.) at entrance of Umm Bab in south-western Qatar, March 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1480/jpeg/28t.jpg) Yellow-bellied House Gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis) found in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Qatar, September 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1480/jpeg/29t.jpg) Yellow-bellied House Gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis) found in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya, on a book. Qatar, September 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1480/jpeg/26t.jpg) Close up of a yellow-bellied House Gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis) found in a restroom of Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Qatar, September 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/09t.jpg) Rough-tailed bowfoot gecko lizard (Cyrtopodion scabrum) with chigger mites (acari) under its eye found on northern tip of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1579/jpeg/14t.jpg) Yellow-bellied House Gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis) on a wall on the second floor of Old QTel Building on campus of Education City. Doha, Qatar, April 16, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1480/jpeg/31t.jpg) Close up of yellow-bellied House Gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis). Qatar, September 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1480/jpeg/32t.jpg) Dorsal view of yellow-bellied House Gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis). Qatar, September 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1480/jpeg/33t.jpg) Ventral view of yellow-bellied House Gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis). Qatar, September 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/25t.jpg) Head of rough-tailed bowfoot gecko lizard (Cyrtopodion scabrum)(?) with visible chigger mites (acari) caught in a small park north from oil tank installation in Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 20, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1480/jpeg/27t.jpg) Yellow-bellied House Gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis) from Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Qatar, September 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1480/jpeg/25t.jpg) Yellow-bellied House Gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis) taken from Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Qatar, September 13, 2014
![](../../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/2014/1480/jpeg/30t.jpg) Yellow-bellied House Gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis) taken from Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya, on a book. Qatar, September 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1700/jpeg/01t.jpg) Wrecked car at sunrise in Al Jefair. Al Thakhira, Qatar, December 5, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1384/jpeg/24t.jpg) Fat Tail scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda) found under a disposed sheet in Irkhaya Farms. South-western Qatar, March 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1384/jpeg/25t.jpg) Fat Tail scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda) in defensive position found under a disposed sheet in Irkhaya Farms. South-western Qatar, March 29, 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/2014/1497/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/2013/1186/jpeg/14t.jpg) Desert lizard Slevin s short-fingered gecko (Stenodactylus slevini) in Safliya Island near Doha. Qatar, April 3, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1186/jpeg/17t.jpg) Close up of a lizard Slevin s short-fingered gecko (Stenodactylus slevini) in Safliya Island near Doha. Qatar, April 3, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1193/jpeg/14t.jpg) Photographing Rock semaphore gecko lizard (Pristurus rupestris) on northern tip of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1186/jpeg/15t.jpg) Desert lizard Slevin s short-fingered gecko (Stenodactylus slevini) in Safliya Island near Doha at evening. Qatar, April 3, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/917/jpeg/01t.jpg) Desert lizard Slevin s short-fingered gecko (Stenodactylus slevini) on a rocky ridge in Jabal Al Jassasiya site, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, February 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/10t.jpg) Rough-tailed bowfoot gecko lizard (Cyrtopodion scabrum) infected with chigger mites (acari) caught on northern tip of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1715/jpeg/17t.jpg) Double headstand metal figures of Playground sculpture by Tom Otterness in Hamad International Airport. Doha, Qatar, December 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/14t.jpg) Golden grass mabuya lizard (Trachylepis septemtaeniata) found in northern part of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1698/jpeg/15t.jpg) Head of desert lizard yellow-spotted agama (Trapelus flavimaculatus) in Mesainea Rawdat Jarrah, north-east from Dukhan. Qatar, December 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1698/jpeg/16t.jpg) Brown colored desert lizard yellow-spotted agama (Trapelus flavimaculatus) in Mesainea Rawdat Jarrah, north-east from Dukhan. Qatar, December 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1698/jpeg/17t.jpg) Side view of desert lizard yellow-spotted agama (Trapelus flavimaculatus) in Mesainea Rawdat Jarrah, north-east from Dukhan. Qatar, December 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1698/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close up of a head of desert lizard yellow-spotted agama (Trapelus flavimaculatus) in Mesainea Rawdat Jarrah, north-east from Dukhan. Qatar, December 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1698/jpeg/19t.jpg) Blue colored disturbed desert lizard yellow-spotted agama (Trapelus flavimaculatus) showing its teeth in Mesainea Rawdat Jarrah, north-east from Dukhan. Qatar, December 4, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1698/jpeg/20t.jpg) Blue colored disturbed desert lizard yellow-spotted agama (Trapelus flavimaculatus) showing its dewlap in Mesainea Rawdat Jarrah, north-east from Dukhan. Qatar, December 4, 2015
![](../../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/2014/1513/jpeg/08t.jpg) Button-scaled gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus) near Al Nuaman (Numan) in north-western Qatar, December 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1636/jpeg/21t.jpg) Metal mosque lamps in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 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/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/12t.jpg) Side view of Button-scaled gecko (Bunopus tuberculatus) in sand near Sealine Beach Resort near Mesaieed. Southern Qatar, October 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3494/jpeg/06t.jpg) Art installation "Le Roi de Baton" by Tony Feher (1991, glass bottles and jars with plastic and metal lids, found objects) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1638/jpeg/17t.jpg) Metal coin decoration for belly dance in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 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/2015/1687/jpeg/22t.jpg) Wires and a metal ring for agricultural machinery on Green Circles (center-pivot irrigation) in Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, November 13, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1684/jpeg/22t.jpg) Mysterious pile of stones with a metal pipe in a depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, November 7, 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/2013/1217/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cat resting on cardboard sheet at Sikkat Al Safaa, Najma area. Doha, Qatar, June 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2207/jpeg/09t.jpg) Gray-white smooth sheet with black dots of a fungus Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon atropunctatum) on a dry oak tree in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 2, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1711/jpeg/24t.jpg) Small cat at the Village Restaurant in Souq Waqif market at rain. Doha, Qatar, December 25, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1702/jpeg/19t.jpg) Small plant of Spergula fallax in a roadside depression in Rawdat Rashed. Qatar, December 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sand mounds in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1621/jpeg/19t.jpg) Schmidt s fringed-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus schmidti) in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/11t.jpg) Greenery of salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1621/jpeg/20t.jpg) Schmidt s fringed-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus schmidti) in windblown sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1621/jpeg/21t.jpg) Close up of Schmidt s fringed-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus schmidti) in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1621/jpeg/22t.jpg) Head of Schmidt s fringed-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus schmidti) in sand on roadside of Salwa Road in area of Rawdat Ekdaim. Southern Qatar, July 11, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2415/jpeg/11t.jpg) Metal cross in fog in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 18, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2829/jpeg/27t.jpg) Small translucent mushrooms Clitocybe truncicola(?) found in shady area near the ground on a mossy rotting oak tree on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1545/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bladder dock (Rumex vesicarius) found on roadside of Dukhan Road. Qatar, February 13, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1532/jpeg/20t.jpg) Desert lizard Arabian toad headed agama (Phrynocephalus arabicus) in Traina Sinkhole (karst depression) AOI 2 north-west of Khor Al Adaid. Southern Qatar, January 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/07t.jpg) Rush (Juncus rigidus) on salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1755/jpeg/08t.jpg) Seedling of desert borage Anchusa hispida with a small blue flower found under Ziziphus bush in Al Mardiya - Wasit area. Northern Qatar, February 13, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1533/jpeg/24t.jpg) Bladder dock (Rumex vesicarius) found on roadside near IKEA supermarket. Doha, Qatar, January 24, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/05t.jpg) Slender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis) found under a palm in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, November 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1532/jpeg/21t.jpg) Camouflaged desert lizard Arabian toad headed agama (Phrynocephalus arabicus) in Traina Sinkhole (karst depression) AOI 2 north-west of Khor Al Adaid. Southern Qatar, January 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/05t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) in windblown sand in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/06t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/08t.jpg) Rush (Juncus rigidus) with flowers in windblown sand in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dry mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) on salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1691/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fruits of slender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis) found under a palm in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, November 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1541/jpeg/12t.jpg) Orange ants found under a stone in Al Numan (Naim tribe, Nuaman, Nuaimiya). Northern Qatar, February 6, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/04t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) forming sand mounds in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/09t.jpg) Salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar with plants of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mounds of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1541/jpeg/13t.jpg) Disturbed orange ants found under a stone in Al Numan (Naim tribe, Nuaman, Nuaimiya). Northern Qatar, February 6, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/10t.jpg) Salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar covered by plants of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/13t.jpg) Green mounds of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2302/jpeg/35t.jpg) Small viscid mushroom of Amanita minutula(?) found in a small dried creek on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 7, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1516/jpeg/23t.jpg) Balloon like fruits of bladder ketmia (Hibiscus trionum) found in West Bay, in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, December 20, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/930/jpeg/23t.jpg) Patterned brise-soleil (metal grid pattern work) wrapping Burj Qatar Tower. Doha, Qatar, April 2, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1533/jpeg/25t.jpg) Striped Hawkmoth caterpillar (Hyles livornica) eating bladder dock (Rumex vesicarius) found on roadside near IKEA supermarket. Doha, Qatar, January 24, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/789/jpeg/26t.jpg) Small green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) on a plant in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, September 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1454/jpeg/23t.jpg) Small lizard on a sandy road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/909/jpeg/15t.jpg) Patterned brise-soleil (metal grid pattern work) wrapping Burj Qatar Tower, view from Corniche. Doha, Qatar, February 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/910/jpeg/13t.jpg) Patterned brise-soleil (metal grid pattern work) wrapping Burj Qatar Tower, view from Corniche. Doha, Qatar, February 5, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1305/jpeg/03t.jpg) Patterned brise-soleil (metal grid pattern work) wrapping Burj Qatar Tower in West Bay at morning. Doha, Qatar, November 25, 2013
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