Ptyodactylus hasselquistii

Ptyodactylus hasselquistii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Ptyodactylus
Species:	P. hasselquistii
Binomial name
	Ptyodactylus hasselquistii; (, 1798)
Synonyms
	Lacerta hasselquistii ; Donndorff, 1798; Gecko ascalabotes ; Merrem, 1820; Gecko lobatus ; Lichtenstein, 1823; Ptyodactylus lobatus ; — Gray, 1825; Ptyodactylus hasselquistii ; — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836;

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.

Etymology[]

The specific name, hasselquistii, is in honor of Swedish naturalist Fredrik Hasselquist.^[3]

Description[]

P. hasselquistii grows to a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 98 mm (3.9 in).

Geographic range[]

P. hasselquistii is found in Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Eritrea, eastern Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia (including the Farasan Islands), northern Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Togo, and the United Arab Emirates.^[2]

The type locality is Cairo, Egypt.^[2]

Reproduction[]

P. hasselquistii is oviparous.^[2]

Subspecies[]

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

(, 1798)
Y. Werner, 1995 – Kramer's yellow fan-fingered gecko

References[]

^ 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).

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[1] 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.

[RDB-2] "Ptyodactylus hasselquistii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ptyodactylus&species=hasselquistii

[3] 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).

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