Ptyodactylus hasselquistii

Ptyodactylus hasselquistii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Ptyodactylus
Species:	P. hasselquistii
Binomial name
Ptyodactylus hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798)
Synonyms[2]
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 96 mm (3.8 in).^[4]

Geographic range

P. 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

P. hasselquistii is oviparous.^[2] Clutch size is two eggs.^[1]

Subspecies

Two 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

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.
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).
4. 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

• 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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