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A Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Egypt. The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN ...
The sacred ibis, a bird that was venerated in Ancient Egypt, is an example of how birds were a significant part of Egyptian culture. This is a list of the species of birds found in Egypt, a country in north-east Africa. [1] The avifauna of Egypt include a total of 501 species of birds. No species are endemic to Egypt. [2] [3]
The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard. It describes 763 signs in 26 categories (A–Z, roughly).
§ Birds: Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: birds (8) H § Parts of birds: Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: parts of birds (1) I § Amphibious animals, reptiles, etc. Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: amphibious-animals-reptiles-etc (4) K § Fishes and parts of fishes: Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: fishes and parts of fishes (0) L
Egypt is on a major bird migratory route between Eurasia and East Africa and around two hundred species of migrants pass through twice a year. [9] About thirty species of snake occur in Egypt, about half of them venomous. These include the Egyptian cobra, false smooth snake and horned viper. There are also numerous species of lizards. [9]
§ Birds: Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: birds (8) H § Parts of birds: Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: parts of birds (1) I § Amphibious animals, reptiles, etc. Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: amphibious-animals-reptiles-etc (4) K § Fishes and parts of fishes: Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: fishes and parts of fishes (0) L
List of birds of Egypt; List of butterflies of Egypt; M. ... List of reptiles of Egypt This page was last edited on 25 September 2014, at 23:37 (UTC). ...
Common names for U. aegyptia include Egyptian mastigure, [3] Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard, [1] and, when referring to the subspecies Uromastyx aegyptia leptieni (see below), Leptien's mastigure. [ 3 ]