Acanthodactylus boskianus (Daudin, 1802).

Length up to 80 mm. A typical lizard with well-developed limbs that is distinguished from other species of the genus by its enlarged and keeled, dorsal scales. The color is sandy grey with longitudinal dark stripes; the tail of the juvenile is blue. Bosc’s Lizard favors gravelly or stony areas with sparse vegetation; preferably not sand. It is equally common in some of the most extreme desert areas and in the desert margins of the cultivated Nile Valley and Delta. It is a diurnal lizard that feeds on a variety of arthropods including grasshoppers, butterflies, and spiders. The 2-7 eggs are laid and the incubation takes around 89-100 days. In Egypt, it is found in the Western and Eastern Deserts, the Nile Valley, and Sinai. Its world range is throughout North Africa and Southwestern Asia; it is common and widespread.