Oudri's fan-footed gecko

Oudri's fan-footed gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Phyllodactylidae
Genus:Ptyodactylus
Species: P. oudrii
Binomial name
Ptyodactylus oudrii
Lataste, 1880

Oudri's fan-footed gecko (Ptyodactylus oudrii ) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Maghreb region of northwestern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, oudrii, is in honor of General Émile Oudri (1843–1919) of the French Foreign Legion.[1]

Geographic range

P. oudrii is found in Algeria and Morocco.[2]

Habitat

The natural habitats of P. oudrii are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. 1 2 Böhme W, Miras JAM, Joger U, Slimani T, El Mouden H, Geniez P, Nouira MS (2005). Ptyodactylus oudrii . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.

Further reading

  • Lataste F (1880). "Diagnoses de reptiles nouveaux d'Algérie ". Le Naturaliste 1: 299, 306-307. (Ptyodactylus oudrii, new species, p. 299). (in French).


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