Iraqi eyelid gecko
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Eublepharis angramainyu Anderson & Leviton, 1966 |
The Iraqi eyelid gecko is a ground dwelling lizard native to Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Its diet is insectivorous but may eat smaller vertebrates, like most lizards it has the ability to shed its tail (autotomy).