Oman Other Wildlife

As usual while birding we were side hustling the leps and herps. There were a few nice butterflies around and we managed to get the lepiled up a few nights including in desert wadis while we were owling. So far got 61 species roughly identified on I-Nat HERE including some really nice looking species. All observations HERE. 

Lime Swallowtail

White Pearl Emperor

Yellow Pansy

Blue Pansy

Plain Tiger 

Pioneer Whites

Hippotion rebeli

Gregson's Dart

Maltese Bloom

Hyperthyra lutea

Ozarba tamsina

Anderson's Rock Agama

Arabian Chameleon

Jayakar Lizard

Oriental Garden Lizard

Rock Gecko sp- lots of these around. The I-Nat AI has this as Guweira Semaphore Gecko 

Eastern Sand Gecko - I think 271225- maybe Carter's Rock Gecko 

Scorpions were common in the desert at night especially in the north. Possibly Black-tipped Thick-tailed Scorpion (above- update 211225- this is Butheolus gallagheri) and confirmed Black-tailed Alligator-backed Scorpion (below). They were easy to find using an ultra-violet light as they glow luminiscent yellow .