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 endemic to northern Africa and western Asia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Ptyodactylus |
| Species: | P. hasselquistii
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| Ptyodactylus hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, hasselquistii, is in honor of Swedish naturalist Fredrik Hasselquist.[3]
Description
editP. hasselquistii grows to a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 96 mm (3.8 in).[4]
Geographic range
editP. 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.[2]
The type locality is Cairo, Egypt.[2]
Reproduction
editP. hasselquistii is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is two eggs.[1]
Subspecies
editTwo subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Ptyodactylus hasselquistii hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798)
- Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri Y. Werner, 1995 – Kramer's yellow fan-fingered gecko
References
edit- ^ a b Els, J.; Aloufi, A.A.H.; Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Baha El Din, S.; Disi, A.M.; Werner, Y.L. (2021). "Ptyodactylus hasselquistii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T198399A2524966. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T198399A2524966.en. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Ptyodactylus hasselquistii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ptyodactylus&species=hasselquistii
- ^ 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 hasselquistii, p. 117).
- ^ Loveridge A (1947). "Revision of The African Lizards of the Family Gekkonidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 98 (1): 1–469. (Ptyodactylus hasselquistii, pp. 275–283).
Further reading
edit- Donndorff JA (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).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (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: 67–76. (Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri, new subspecies). (Fifth International Congress on Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Neighbouring Regions. Iraklion, Crete, Greece. April 16–20, 1990).
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