Ragazzi's fan-footed gecko
Ragazzi's fan-footed gecko (Ptyodactylus ragazzii), also known commonly as the Sahelian fan-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to northern Africa.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Ptyodactylus |
| Species: | P. ragazzii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptyodactylus ragazzii Anderson, 1898 | |
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Etymology
The specific name, ragazzii, is in honor of Italian physician Vincenzo Ragazzi (1856–1929) of the Modena Natural History Society.[3]
Geographic range
P. ragazzii is found in Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, and Togo.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. ragazzii is rocky areas in desert, shrubland, and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 2,500 m (8,200 ft).[1]
Behavoir
P. ragazzii is nocturnal, crepuscular, and rupicolous.[1]
Reproduction
P. ragazzii is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is two eggs. An adult female may lay as many as six clutches per year.[1]
References
- Wilms, T.; Wagner, P. [in German]; Joger, U. [in German]; Baha El Din, S. [in German] (2021). "Ptyodactylus ragazzii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T198398A2524822. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T198398A2524822.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Ptyodactylus ragazzii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ptyodactylus ragazzii, p. 216).
Further reading
- Anderson J (1898). Zoology of Egypt: Volume First. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Bernard Quaritch. lxv + 371 pp. + Plates I-XXX. (Ptyodactylus hasselquistii Var. ragazzi, new variety, p. 69 + Plate VII, figures 10 & 11).
- Rösler H (1995). Geckos der Welt: Alle Gattungen. Leipzig: Urania Verlag. 256 pp. ISBN 978-3332005493. (Ptyodactylus ragazzii, p. 151). (in German).
- Schleich HH, Kästle W, Kabisch K (1996). Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koenigstein, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books. 630 pp. ISBN 978-3874293778. (Ptyodactylus ragazzii, new status, p. 244).
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.