Ptyodactylus

Ptyodactylus
Ptyodactylus puiseuxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Ptyodactylus Oken, 1817[1]
Species
Nine, see text.

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

Species & 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 homolepis homolepis Blanford, 1876
  • Ptyodactylus homolepis socotranus Steindachner, 1902 = Haemodracon riebeckii W. Peters, 1882
• 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

References

1. "Ptyodactylus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Gekkota/phyllodactylidae.
2. "Ptyodactylus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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).