Sinai fan-fingered gecko
Sinai fan-fingered gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
Genus: | Ptyodactylus |
Species: | P. guttatus |
Binomial name | |
Ptyodactylus guttatus Heyden, 1827 |
The Sinai fan-fingered gecko (Ptyodactylus guttatus) is a species of gecko. It is found in Egypt in, Israel and the Middle East. It is common in the Sinai desert and the Negev desert. Its fan shaped fingers have given it the name מניפנית in Hebrew coming from the word מניפה which means "fan" [2]
References
[edit]- ^ Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Baha El Din, S.; Disi, A.M.; Werner, Y.L. (2021). "Ptyodactylus guttatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T198400A2525126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T198400A2525126.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Ptyodactylus guttatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database