NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko
Ptyodactylus guttatus Heyden, 1827
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Ptyodactylus hasselquistii guttatus hiding between the rocks in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan.
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Open encyclopedia reference
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"
Wikipedia contributors, Sinai fan-fingered gecko; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:56:02.634166+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ptyodactylus guttatus Heyden, 1827
- Name authority
- Heyden, 1827
- Common name
- Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Phyllodactylidae
- Genus
- Ptyodactylus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderGekkota
- familyPhyllodactylidae
- genusPtyodactylus
- speciesPtyodactylus guttatus Heyden, 1827
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ptyodactylus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan Fan-fingered GeckoPtyodactylus homolepis Blanford, 1876 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ptyodactylus orlovi Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Algerian Fan-fingered GeckoPtyodactylus oudrii Lataste, 1880 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Israeli Fan-fingered GeckoPtyodactylus puiseuxi Boutan, 1893 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ruus al Jibal fan-footed geckoPtyodactylus ruusaljibalicus Simó-Riudalbas, Metallinou, Pous, Els, Jayasinghe, Péntek-Zakar, Wilms, Al-Saadi & Carranza, 2017 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Riva and Padial’s fan-footed geckoPtyodactylus rivapadiali Trape, 2017 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sinai Fan-fingered GeckoPtyodactylus siphonorhina Anderson, 1896 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ptyodactylus ananjevae Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ptyodactylus dhofarensis Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasselquist’s Fan-footed GeckoPtyodactylus hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798) | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ragazzi’s Fan-footed geckoPtyodactylus ragazzii Anderson, 1898 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ptyodactylus lacazii Boutan, 1892 Boutan, 1892 | synonym |
| Gecko maculatus Schinz, 1833 Schinz, 1833 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ptyodactylus&species=guttatus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4QBLP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.