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The afa (Arabic: "venomous") was a large cryptid lizard reported from the marshes of the Tigris River in Iraq by Wilfred Thesiger.[1][2] It has been connected with the buru.
The afa may have been a large undescribed species of monitor lizard.[1] Karl Shuker notes that the marshes of southern Iraq were drained in 1991, forcing the Madan people to relocate and turning the marsh into a desert, which would certainly have had a negative impact on any already-rare animal living in the area.[3] Peter Costello suggested the afa could be the sirrush depicted on the Ishtar Gate.[1]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eberhart, George M. (2002) Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, ABC-CLIO, Inc., ISBN 1576072835
- ↑ Thesiger, Wilfred (1964) The Marsh Arabs
- ↑ Shuker, Karl P. N. ShukerNature: THE IRAQI AFA - A MIDDLE EASTERN MYSTERY LIZARD karlshuker.blogspot.com [Accessed 22 September 2019]