Ptyodactylus

Ptyodactylus is a genus of geckos, which are commonly known as fan-fingered geckos. The genus has 12 described species.

Ptyodactylus
Ptyodactylus puiseuxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Ptyodactylus Goldfuss, 1820[1]
Species
12, see text.

Geographic range and habitat

The genus Ptyodactylus is distributed across dry areas of Africa and the Middle East.

Description

The common name, fan-fingered geckos, is derived from the pattern of the straight toes which are splayed out like the pattern of a snowflake. The pads on the ventral surface of the toes are adhesive, and each toe has a retractable claw.

Species & subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.^[2]

• Ptyodactylus ananjevae Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013
• Ptyodactylus dhofarensis Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013
• Ptyodactylus guttatus Heyden, 1827 – Sinai fan-fingered gecko
• Ptyodactylus hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798) – yellow fan-fingered gecko
  • Ptyodactylus hasselquistii hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798)
  • Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri Y. Werner, 1995 – Kramer's yellow fan-fingered gecko
• Ptyodactylus homolepis Blanford, 1876 – Pakistan fan-fingered gecko
• Ptyodactylus orlovi Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013
• Ptyodactylus oudrii Lataste, 1880 – Algerian fan-fingered gecko
• Ptyodactylus puiseuxi Boutan, 1893 – Israeli fan-fingered gecko
• Ptyodactylus ragazzii Anderson, 1898 – Ragazzi's fan-footed gecko
• Ptyodactylus rivapadiali Trape, 2017 – Riva and Padial's fan-footed gecko
• Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus Simó-Riudalbas, Metallinou, de Pous, Els, Jayasinghe, Péntek-Zakar, Wilms, Al-Saadi & Carranza, 2017^[3] – Ruus al Jibal fan-footed gecko
• Ptyodactylus togoensis Tornier, 1901 – Togo fan-footed gecko