Editorial ... 4
Magharet Jebel Hafit - a significant cave in the United Arab Emirates ... 5 by Tim Fogg, Pam Fogg & Tony Waltham
The Ru'us al-Jibal mountains of Ra's al-Khaimah - considerations for and against establish a protected area ... 15 by Robert E. Llewellyn-Smith
Seagrasses of Abu Dhabi, U.A.E ... 20 by Ronald C. Phillips, Ronald A. Loughland & Ashraf Youssef
Association between Desert Wheatear & Desert Warbler ... 24 by Simon Aspinall
Review of the False Horned Viper (Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854) from the UAE and northern Oman, including a first record for Jebel Hafit ... 26 by Peter L. Cunningham
An inland record of Chalcides ocellatus from the UAE ... 28 by Peter L. Cunningham
The mangrove crab Scylla serrata in the UAE ... 29 by Gary R. Feulner
Two new butterfly sightings from the Musandam Region ... 30 by Gary R. Feulner
Gerbils feeding on camel-dung ... 31 by Simon Aspinall
News Roundup ... 32
Review of ADIAS Archaeological Season for 2001-2002 ... 33 by Peter Hellyer
Reviews, Publications and Research ... 33
Cover illustrations: Front: Studying a cave in Jebel Hafit (see p. 5). Picture by Tony Waltham Back: Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis on the island of Sir Bani Yas Picture by David Robinson
On page 14, Plate 7 is captioned: "A free-tailed bat in nearby Kahf Hama." Dr. Iyad Nader, Director of the King Khaled Wildlife Research Centre in Saudi Arabi, (in litt.) notes: "The bat is a mouse-tailed bat, and most likely is the Muscat mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma muscatellum), and not a free-tailed bat." (Noted: Tribulus 13.2)
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