Within the United Arab Emirates, this species is found throughout the sand deserts from Ras Al Khaimah in the south, and west to the Saudi Arabia and Oman borders (Gardner 2013, Burriel-Carranza et al. in press). It occurs from sea level to 400 m asl. The global distribution of this species ranges from southwestern Israel and southern and eastern Jordan, south into the Arabian Peninsula, and east into Iraq, southwestern Iran (Fars and Kerman Provinces and the lower Mesopotamian Plain; Anderson 1999, Metallinou et al. 2014). It occurs from sea level up to 1,000 m asl.

Within the United Arab Emirates, this species is widespread and exclusively associated with human habitation from sea level to 500 m asl (Gardner 2013, Burriel-Carranza et al. in press). It is presumed to not be native to the Arabian Peninsula. However if introduced, introduction took place a very long time ago (prior to 1,500 CE/905AH).Globally, Hemidactylus flaviviridis ranges (Sindaco and Jeremäenko 2008) from Somalia (Lanza 1990) through Djibouti (Ineich 2001) and Eritrea into eastern Egypt (Flower 1933, Saleh 1997, Baha El Din 2001, 2005; Henkel 2003) and coastal Sudan (where it has a patchy distribution along the Red Sea coast), coastal Arabian Peninsula (including Socotra Island) (Arnold 1980, 1984; Carranza et al. 2018), Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan (where it is known with certainty only from the vicinity of Jalalabad. Wagner et al. (2016) suggest that a record from Kabul may represent confusion with H. brookii, which is known from this locality), Pakistan (Khan 1986, Baig et al. 2008, Rais et al. 2015, Ali et al. 2016), Nepal (Bhattarai et al. 2017), Bangladesh (Parves and Alam 2015), and northern, central and southern India (Mirza and Pal 2008). In Bangladesh, the species used to be restricted to the western parts of the country that are contiguous with West Bengal State in India; only after the 1980s has it been transported to the eastern half of the country (Khan 2015). It is generally found at sea level but can occur up to 1,000 m asl.The species has been widely introduced to an uncertain part of its above range (Minton 1966), probably including the coastal Red Sea (Loveridge 1947). It has been reported historically from Ethiopia (Loveridge 1947), but this country is not included in the distribution given by Largen (1997) and it is at present unknown in this country (Largen and Spawls 2006, 2010). Anderson (1999) suggests that it is native to central and southern India, and has become distributed westward along trade routes through human agency.

Within the United Arab Emirates, this species is known from four widely-spaced localities, including one in the Sila Peninsula in western Abu Dhabi and others along the gravel plains bordering the Hajar Mountains on the west, particularly in the vicinity of Jebel Hafeet (Gardner 2013). It occurs from sea level to 400 m asl. It may have a wider distribution within suitable habitat, but be under-sampled. Known subpopulations may link to adjacent populations in Oman to the east, and to Qatar in the west. The areas on all sides of Jebel Hafeet in the UAE have been subject to substantial development for roads, residential and other purposes. An effort in 2012 to locate A. opheodurus in the area north of Jebel Hafeet, where it was studied by Cunningham (2001) was unsuccessful.Globally, this species ranges from eastern Israel to southwestern Jordan, with an apparently disjunct population ranging from eastern Jordan into Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar (Cog?lniceanu et al. 2014), Oman and the United Arab Emirates (Sindaco and Jerem?enko 2008, Carranza et al. 2018).

Within the United Arab Emirates, this species is widespread in the sandy deserts, gravel plains and in the mountainous regions at lower elevations, and is also found on many of the islands (Gardner 2013, Burriel-Carranza et al. in press). It occurs from sea level to 500 m asl. It is frequently encountered in urban and disturbed environments. The species is considered native to the Arabian Peninsula.This species is distributed (Carranza and Arnold 2006, Sindaco and Jeremäenko 2008) through Somalia (where it is found in nearly all regions; Lanza 1990), in Eritrea and Djibouti (Ineich 2001), along the Red Sea coast of Sudan and southern Egypt (north to Quseir; Baha El Din 2001), much of the Arabian Peninsula (and also on Socotra Island) (Cogä'lniceanu et al. 2013), east to Iran (Anderson 1999) and Pakistan (Baha El Din 2005). It is a coastal species generally found at or close to sea level, however, inland records exist for Ethiopia and extreme northeastern Kenya (Spawls et al. 2002, Largen and Spawls 2006, 2010). It has possibly been introduced to some of the port cities of Iran and Pakistan (T. Papenfuss pers. comm. 2008). It is found in coastal areas around the Red Sea, Hadhramaut (Yemen; Šmíd et al. 2015), and the southern Arabian littoral zone as far as the eastern United Arab Emirates, southern Iran and Pakistan (Arnold 1980). A record from Zanzibar represents an introduced population of Hemidactylus puccionii.

Within the United Arab Emirates, this species is widespread throughout the sandy deserts, including the deep sands of the Rub' al Khali (Gardner 2013, Burriel-Carranza et al. in press). It occurs from sea level to 400 m asl.Globally, this species is widely distributed in the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait) (Sindaco and Jeremäenko 2008), where it is found from sea level up to around 1,000 m asl. The species has been recorded from Khuzestan and Qeshm Island in Iran (Fahmi et al. 2009, Dakhteh et al. 2007), the latter citing work then in preparation. These records are not mentioned in a subsequent checklist for Iran, which recognizes S. scincus from Khuzestan (Šmíd et al. 2014). While the Qeshm record was accepted by Housseinen et al. (2013), this record is far from the species' known range and this distribution record has never been formally published (S.S. Housseinen Yousefkhani pers. comm. 2019). It is likely that this represents a misidentification of S. scincus (S.S. Housseinen Youssefkhani pers. comm. 2019). The occurrence of S. mitranus in Iran has subsequently been confirmed with a 2015 record from Bampour-Iranshahr, close to Bampour city in Sistan-Baluchistan, but it is thought that the species' range in Iran is very restricted (S.S. Housseinen Youssefkhani pers. comm. 2019).

Within the United Arab Emirates, this species is found throughout the sandy deserts from Ras al Khaimah to western Abu Dhabi, including the Liwa area (Gardner 2013, Burriel-Carranza et al. in press). Occurs from sea level to 300 m asl. Globally, this species ranges from western Iran (a limited small dune area), southern Iraq and Kuwait, into the Arabian Peninsula where it is found in northern and central Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates (Sindaco and Jeremäenko 2008). It is found from sea level to around 1,000 m asl.

Within the United Arab Emirates, this species is presumed to be widespread throughout the Hajar Mountains from 300 m to 1,400 m asl, including Jebel Hafeet in Abu Dhabi Emirate (Cunningham 2002, de Pous et al. 2016, Burriel-Carranza et al. in press).Globally, this species ranges from northeast Iraq, northwest Iran and southern Azerbaijan, south to the Arabian Peninsula, and eastwards to western Pakistan. The species is widespread in Iran (Latifi 1991). In Pakistan, it ranges as far east as Manguli in southwestern Kalat (Minton 1966). It is also reported to occur in Afghanistan, however this may be based on a record taken close to the Afghan border in Pakistan and it is still correct, as observed by Leviton and Anderson (1970), that no documented records of this species appear to exist from Afghanistan (Wagner et al. 2016). This species is unlikely to occur in southeast Turkey, from where reports of this species are considered to be erroneous (Sindaco et al. 2013), or in northwestern Azerbaijan, and presence in these areas needs to be confirmed. Khan (2006) reports that it occurs up to 2,200 m asl.

Within the United Arab Emirates, this species has only been found on Marawah and Jernain islands off the coast, and in fodder fields at Al Qua'a, south of Al Ain (Gardner 2013, Burriel-Carranza et al. in press). The latter record near Al Ain is almost certainly an introduction and the origin of the species in the UAE overall is uncertain. They occur from sea level to 200 m asl.The native range of this species is uncertain due to extensive and long-term introductions. The native range is likely to include to Iran, Iraq and Syria, north to Central Asia, and southeast to the northern Arabian Peninsula.

Within the United Arab Emirates, the species is found in severely fragmented populations from Ras Al Khaimah to Abu Dhabi in the sandy deserts from sea level to 200 asl (Burriel-Carranza et al. submitted). The population comprises four distinct subpopulations that are genetically the same from 15 known locations. The populations are considered to be severely fragmented due to the development of urban areas and the construction of roads. Combining historic records with the results from 2012-2017 surveys (Soorae et al. 2018) clearly indicated areas where the species is now extinct.Globally, the species distribution ranges from the United Arab Emirates (Sindaco and Jeremäenko 2008, Gardner 2009), to Iran (Baig and Masroor 2008, Gholamifard et al. 2015), western Pakistan (Khan 2002) and southwestern Afghanistan (Nazarov et al. 2017). It is found from sea level to around 1,500 m asl. A sight record reported from near Doha in 1973 (Arnold 1977) has never been confirmed and should be discounted (Gardner 2013). Cogalniceanu et al 2014 during their preliminary report on the distribution of the lizard in Qatar could also not confirm the species extant.

Within the United Arab Emirates, this species is widespread throughout the sandy regions from Ras al Khaimah to the Saudi Arabian border (Gardner 2013, Burriel-Carranza et al. in press) from sea level to 400 m asl.Globally, the species distribution range includes the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, western Iran and Iraq.