According to the reptile guy on this website
This is perhaps the most famous lizard in Saudi Arabia. Called a Dhub in Arabic, he is hunted and eaten just like certain species of iguanas. Dhubs are not small, the fellow in the photo below is close to two feet long and ten pounds. Dhubs are plant eaters. The Saudi peninsular is not one big desert, but harbors several climate types, enough for this big guy to keep his belly full and grow to a very respectable size.
This is perhaps the most famous lizard in Saudi Arabia. Called a Dhub in Arabic, he is hunted and eaten just like certain species of iguanas. Dhubs are not small, the fellow in the photo below is close to two feet long and ten pounds. Dhubs are plant eaters. The Saudi peninsular is not one big desert, but harbors several climate types, enough for this big guy to keep his belly full and grow to a very respectable size.
...these guys are quite feisty and a reptile of that size could deliver a bite guaranteed to send a message. A Saudi friend of mine over here told me that dhubs exhibit a lot of local color variation. These guys are so big you can actually see them popping up out of their burrows from hundreds of feet away. They are extremely alert and very fast. (I've only seen one in the desert by our house and yes it was fast.)
But it's got nothin' on these Dhubs!
The Bedouin (on the back row left) will eat any Dhub that tries to chase down our very own UDH Desert Rats as seen here during a water stop on an 120K ride.(Chris is the second from the right on the back row.)
The Bedouins have been known to pick up stranded bikers, serve them tea, and occasionally curse them if they get too close to their camels.
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