Ptyodactylus

Ptyodactylus
Ptyodactylus puiseuxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Ptyodactylus Goldfuss, 1820 [1]
Species
12, see text.

Ptyodactylus is a genus of geckos, which are commonly known as fan-fingered geckos. The genus has 12 described species.

Geographic range and habitat

The genus Ptyodactylus is distributed across dry areas of Africa and the Middle East.

Description

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Species and subspecies

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

1. 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.
2. Genus Ptyodactylus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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

• 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).