Oudri's fan-footed gecko
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Ptyodactylus |
| Species: | P. oudrii
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| Ptyodactylus oudrii Lataste, 1880
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Oudri's fan-footed gecko (Ptyodactylus oudrii), also known commonly as the Algerian fan-fingered gecko and Oudri's fan-fingered gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Maghreb region of northwestern Africa.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, oudrii, is in honor of General Émile Oudri (1843–1919) of the French Foreign Legion.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]P. oudrii is found in Algeria and Morocco.[1]
Habitat
[edit]The natural habitats of P. oudrii are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Böhme, W.; Miras, J.A.M.; Joger, U.; Slimani, T.; El Mouden, H.; Geniez, P.; Nouira, M.S. (2006). "Ptyodactylus oudrii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61562A12493682. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61562A12493682.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b Species Ptyodactylus oudrii at The Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ptyodactylus oudrii, p. 197).
Further reading
[edit]- Heimes P (1987). "Beitrag zur Systematik der Fächerfinger (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Ptyodactylus)". Salamandra 23 (4): 212–235. (in German, with an abstract in English).
- Lataste F (1880). "Diagnoses de reptiles nouveaux d'Algérie ". Le Naturaliste 1: 299, 306–307. (Ptyodactylus oudrii, new species, p. 299). (in French).
- 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.
- Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).
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