Ptyodactylus

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

Ptyodactylus
Ptyodactylus puiseuxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Ptyodactylus
Goldfuss, 1820[1]
Species

12, see text.

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]

References

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

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).
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