Ruus al Jibal fan-footed gecko
The Ruus al Jibal fan-footed gecko (Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to the Ru'us al-Jibal, the northernmost of the Hajar Mountains[1] in the Musandam Peninsula shared by Oman and United Arab Emirates.[2]
| Ruus al Jibal fan-footed gecko | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Ptyodactylus |
| Species: | P. ruusaljibalicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus Imo-Riudalbas, Metallinou, Pous, Els, Jayasinghe, Pentek-Zakar, Wilms, Al-Saadi, & Carranza, 2017 | |
References
- Simó-Riudalbas, M.; Metallinou, M.; De Pous, P.; Els, J.; Jayasinghe, S.; Péntek-Zakar, E.; Wilms, Thomas; Al-Saadi, Saleh; Carranza, Salvador (2017), "Cryptic diversity in Ptyodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the northern Hajar Mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates uncovered by an integrative taxonomic approach", PLOS ONE, 12 (8): e0180397, Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1280397S, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180397, PMC 5540286, PMID 28767644, e0180397
- Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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