Ragazzi's fan-footed gecko

Ragazzi's fan-footed gecko (Ptyodactylus ragazzii), also known commonly as the Sahelian fan-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to northern Africa.[1]

Ragazzi's fan-footed gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Ptyodactylus
Species:
P. ragazzii
Binomial name
Ptyodactylus ragazzii
Anderson, 1898
Synonyms[1]
  • Ptyodactylus hasselquistii var. ragazzi
    Anderson, 1898
  • Ptyodactylus hasselquistii ragazzii
    — Kluge, 1993
  • Ptyodactylus ragazzii
    — Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch, 1996

Etymology

The specific name, ragazzii, is in honor of Italian physician Vincenzo Ragazzii (1856–1929) of the Modena Natural History Society.[2]

Geographic range

P. ragazzii is found in Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, and Togo.[1]

Reproduction

P. ragazzii is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Ptyodactylus ragazzii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. 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 ragazzii, p. 216).

Further reading
  • Anderson J (1898). Zoology of Egypt: Volume First. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Bernard Quaritch. lxv + 371 pp. + Plates I-XXX. (Ptyodactylus hasselquistii Var. ragazzi, new variety, p. 69 + Plate VII, figures 10 & 11).
  • Schleich HH, Kästle W, Kabisch K (1996). Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeningstein, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books. 630 pp. ISBN 978-3874293778. (Ptyodactylus ragazzii, new status, p. 244).



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