Ptyodactylus hasselquistii

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.

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

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