You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing r.white@newsweek.com A brand new lizard species with a hieroglyphic pattern on its back has been discovered among the sand dunes in eastern Iran.

Hanes said he and Barnard were surprised by size of the sand waves "and also by the pattern. Frankly ... Most extensive sand wave fields, explained Barnard, occur in large inlets, such as Puget ...

On a nearby sand dune, researchers found 10 lizards with a unique pattern, the study said. They took a closer look and realized they’d captured a new species: Eremias graphica, or the ...