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 native to northern Africa and western Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, hasselquistii, is in honor of Swedish naturalist Fredrik Hasselquist.
Description
Ptyodactylus hasselquistii grows to a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
Geographic range
Ptyodactylus 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.
The type locality is Cairo, Egypt.
Reproduction
Ptyodactylus hasselquistii is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Ptyodactylus hasselquistii hasselquistii
- Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri â Kramer's yellow fan-fingered gecko
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Ptyodactylus.
References
Further reading
- (1798). Amphibiologische und Ichthyologische Beyträge zur XIII. Ausgabe des Linneischen Natursysyems. Dritter Band [Volume 3]. Amphiben und Fische. Leipzig: Weidmannschen Buchhandlung. vi + 980 pp. (Lacerta hasselquistii, new species, p. 133). (in German and Latin).
- (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28âÂÂ153. (Ptyodactylus hasselquistii, p. 107). (in German).
- Werner YL (1995). "Some unusual herpetological finds from Cyprus and Lebanon, including a new Ptyodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Biologia Gallo-Hellenica 22: 67âÂÂ76. (Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri, new subspecies). (Fifth International Congress on Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Neighbouring Regions. Iraklion, Crete, Greece. April 16âÂÂ20, 1990).
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