Ptyodactylus
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| Ptyodactylus | |
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| Ptyodactylus puiseuxi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Ptyodactylus Goldfuss, 1820[1] |
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Ptyodactylus is a genus of geckos, which are commonly known as fan-fingered geckos. The genus has 12 described species.
Geographic range and habitat
[edit]The genus Ptyodactylus is distributed across dry areas of Africa and the Middle East.
Description
[edit]The common name, fan-fingered geckos, is derived from the pattern of the straight toes which are splayed out like the pattern of a snowflake. The pads on the ventral surface of the toes are adhesive, and each toe has a retractable claw.
Species & subspecies
[edit]The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Ptyodactylus ananjevae Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013
- Ptyodactylus dhofarensis Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013
- Ptyodactylus guttatus Heyden, 1827 – Sinai fan-fingered gecko
- Ptyodactylus hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798) – yellow fan-fingered gecko
- Ptyodactylus hasselquistii hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798)
- Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri Y. Werner, 1995 – Kramer's yellow fan-fingered gecko
- Ptyodactylus homolepis Blanford, 1876 – Pakistan fan-fingered gecko
- Ptyodactylus orlovi Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013
- Ptyodactylus oudrii Lataste, 1880 – Algerian fan-fingered gecko
- Ptyodactylus puiseuxi Boutan, 1893 – Israeli fan-fingered gecko
- Ptyodactylus ragazzii Anderson, 1898 – Ragazzi's fan-footed gecko
- Ptyodactylus rivapadiali Trape, 2017 – Riva and Padial's fan-footed gecko
- Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus Simó-Riudalbas, Metallinou, de Pous, Els, Jayasinghe, Péntek-Zakar, Wilms, Al-Saadi & Carranza, 2017[3] – Ruus al Jibal fan-footed gecko
- Ptyodactylus togoensis Tornier, 1901 – Togo fan-footed gecko
References
[edit]- ^ Goldfuss GA (1820). "Reptilia". In: Schubert GH (editor) (1820). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen, Handbuch der Zoologie, vol. 3. Nürnberg: J.L. Schrag. pp. 121–181.
- ^ Genus Ptyodactylus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Simó-Riudalbas, M.; Metallinou, M.; de Pous, P.; Els, J.; Jayasinghe, S.; Péntek-Zakar, E.; Wilms, T. [in German]; Al-Saadi, S.; Carranza, S. (2017), "Cryptic diversity in Ptyodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the northern Hajar Mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates uncovered by an integrative taxonomic approach", PLOS ONE, 12 (8): e0180397, Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1280397S, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180397, PMC 5540286, PMID 28767644, e0180397
Further reading
[edit]- Oken L (1817). Isis oder Encyclopadische Zeitung von Oken. Erster Band [Volume One]. Jena: Expedition der Isis. 1,576 pp. + 12 plates. (Ptyodactylus, new genus, p. 1183). (in German).