Ptyodactylus

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.

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.


 * 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 – Ruus al Jibal fan-footed gecko
 * Ptyodactylus togoensis Tornier, 1901 – Togo fan-footed gecko