''Eublepharis angramainyu'', also known as the Iranian fat-tailed gecko or Iraqi eyelid gecko, is a nocturnal ground dwelling

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native to

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

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and

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

. Its diet is

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but may eat smaller

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s. Like most lizards it has the ability to shed its tail (

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). The Iraqi eyelid gecko has a continuous light vertebral stripe extending from the occiput to the base of the tail, bordered on each side by broken black stripes.

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External links

* * http://sci.ege.edu.tr/~bgocmen/eangramainyu.html Eublepharis Geckos of Iran Reptiles described in 1966 {{gecko-stub