Ptyodactylus hasselquistii

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Ptyodactylus hasselquistii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Ptyodactylus
Species:
P. hasselquistii
Binomial name
Ptyodactylus hasselquistii
(Donndorff, 1798)
Synonyms [2]

Ptyodactylus hasselquistii, commonly known as the fan-footed gecko, Hasselquist's fan-footed gecko, and the yellow fan-fingered gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to northern Africa and western Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, hasselquistii, is in honor of Swedish naturalist Fredrik Hasselquist. [3]

Description

P. hasselquistii grows to a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 96 mm (3.8 in). [4]

Geographic range

P. hasselquistii is found in Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Eritrea, eastern Ethiopia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia (including the Farasan Islands), northern Somalia, Sudan, and Syria. [2]

The type locality is Cairo, Egypt. [2]

Reproduction

P. hasselquistii is oviparous. [2] Clutch size is two eggs. [1]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Els, J.; Aloufi, A.A.H.; Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Baha El Din, S.; Disi, A.M.; Werner, Y.L. (2021). "Ptyodactylus hasselquistii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T198399A2524966. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T198399A2524966.en . Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ptyodactylus hasselquistii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ptyodactylus&species=hasselquistii
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ptyodactylus hasselquistii, p. 117).
  4. Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of The African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College98 (1): 1–469. (Ptyodactylus hasselquistii, pp. 275–283).

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