Stenodactylus sthenodactylus (Lichtenstein, 1823).

Length up to 60 mm. A medium-sized gecko with a short body, large head, and tapering tail; limbs are long and slender; toes are slender and not divided. The color is sandy with darker transverse bands and white spots. The Elegant Gecko lives in open flat gravel desert with or without vegetation; found under stones. It is nocturnal and active at dusk feeding on small insects. Two eggs are laid per clutch and the incubation lasts for 70-80 days. In Egypt, it is distributed throughout the Western and Eastern Deserts, Sinai, and margins of the Nile Valley. It is common and widespread throughout its range from North Africa to Senegal, northern Nigeria and Eritrea, and east to Israel and Jordan.