''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
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from .
Geckos ar ...
, a
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Phyllodactylidae
The Phyllodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of over 150 species in 10 genera, distributed throughout the New World, North Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The family was first delineated based on a molecular phylogenetic ...
. The species is
endemic to northern
Africa and western
Asia.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''hasselquistii'', is in honor of Swedish naturalist
Fredrik Hasselquist
Fredrik Hasselquist (3 January 1722 – 9 February 1752) was a Swedish traveller and naturalist.
Hasselquist was born at Törnevalla, which is two kilometers east of Linghem, Östergötland. He studied under Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala Univers ...
.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Ptyodactylus hasselquistii'', p. 117).]
Description
''P. hasselquistii'' grows to a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
Geographic range
''P. hasselquistii'' is found in
Algeria,
Cameroon,
Egypt,
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
, eastern
Ethiopia,
Ghana,
Iraq,
Israel,
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Libya,
Morocco,
Oman,
Saudi Arabia (including the
Farasan Islands), northern
Somalia,
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
,
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, and
Togo.
The
type locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
{{disambiguation ...
is
Cairo, Egypt.
["''Ptyodactylus hasselquistii'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ptyodactylus&species=hasselquistii]
Reproduction
''P. hasselquistii'' is
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.
[
]
Subspecies
Two subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[
*'']Ptyodactylus hasselquistii hasselquistii
''Ptyodactylus'' is a genus of geckos, which are commonly known as fan-fingered geckos.
The genus has 12 described species.
Geographic range and habitat
The genus ''Ptyodactylus'' is distributed across dry areas of Africa and the Middle East.
...
''
*''Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri
''Ptyodactylus'' is a genus of geckos, which are commonly known as fan-fingered geckos.
The genus has 12 described species.
Geographic range and habitat
The genus ''Ptyodactylus'' is distributed across dry areas of Africa and the Middle East.
...
'' – Kramer's yellow fan-fingered gecko
References
Further reading
* Donndorff JA (1798). ''Amphibiologische und Ichthyologische Beyträge zur XIII. Ausgabe des Linneischen Natursysyems. Dritter Band'' olume 3 ''Amphiben und Fische.'' Leipzig: Weidmannschen Buchhandlung. vi + 980 pp. (''Lacerta hasselquistii'', new species, p. 133). (in German and Latin).
* 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
Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban A ...
, Crete, Greece. April 16–20, 1990).
External links
Ptyodactylus
Reptiles described in 1798
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