Ptyodactylus
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Ptyodactylus | |
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Ptyodactylus puiseuxi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
Genus: | Ptyodactylus Cuvier, 1820 |
Species | |
6, see text | |
Ptyodactylus is a genus of geckos distributed across dry areas of Africa and the Middle East, commonly known as fan-fingered geckos. The common name is derived from the pattern of the straight toes which are splayed out like the pattern of a snowflake. The pads are adhesive and each has a retractable claw. This genus has six described species.
Classification of genus Ptyodactylus
- Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko, Ptyodactylus guttatus
- Yellow Fan-fingered Gecko, Ptyodactylus hasselquistii
- Ptyodactylus hasselquistii hasselquistii
- Kramer's Yellow Fan-fingered Gecko, Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri
- Pakistan Fan-fingered Gecko, Ptyodactylus homolepis
- Ptyodactylus homolepis homolepis
- Ptyodactylus homolepis socotranus
- Algerian Fan-fingered Gecko, Ptyodactylus oudrii - Lataste, 1880
- Israeli Fan-fingered Gecko, Ptyodactylus puiseuxi
- Ptyodactylus ragazzii
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