Ptyodactylus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Ptyodactylus
Species (12): P. ananjevae – P. dhofarensis – P. guttatus – P. hasselquistii – P. homolepis – P. orlovi – P. oudrii – P. puiseuxi – P. ragazzii – P. rivapadiali – P. ruusaljibalicus – P. togoensis
Name

Ptyodactylus Goldfuss, 1820

Type species: Gecko lobatus Geoffroy, 1827.

References
Primary references

Goldfuss, G.A. 1820. Reptilia. pp. 121–181 In: Schubert, G.H. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen. Vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie. J.L. Schrag: Nürnberg.

Additional references

Nazarov, R., Melnikov, D. & Melnikova, E. 2013. Three New Species of Ptyodactylus (Reptilia; Squamata; Phyllodactylidae) from the Middle East. Russian Journal of Herpetology 20(2): 147–162. Reference page.
Trape, J.-F. 2017. Une nouvelle espèce de gecko palmé du genre Ptyodactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Sauria, Ptyodactilidae) de Mauritanie. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 163: 53–66. Reference page.
Simó-Riudalbas, M., Metallinou, M.†, de Pous, P., Els, J., Jayasinghe, S., Péntek-Zakar, E., Wilms, T., 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. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180397 Open access Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Ptyodactylus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 December 2018.

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.
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 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

Goldfuss, G.A., 1820. Reptilia. In: Schubert, G.H. (Ed.), Handbuch der Naturgeschichte zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen, Handbuch der Zoologie, vol. 3. J. L. Schrag, Nuernberg, pp. 121–181.
"Ptyodactylus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Simó-Riudalbas, M.; Metallinou, M.; De Pous, P.; Els, J.; Jayasinghe, S.; Péntek-Zakar, E.; Wilms, Thomas; Al-Saadi, Saleh; Carranza, Salvador (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