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Ruus al Jibal fan-footed gecko

Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus Simó-Riudalbas, Metallinou, Pous, Els, Jayasinghe, Péntek-Zakar, Wilms, Al-Saadi & Carranza, 2017

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 ruusaljibalicus

Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus

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Open encyclopedia reference

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 in the Musandam Peninsula shared by Oman and United Arab Emirates.

Wikipedia contributors, Ruus al Jibal fan-footed gecko; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:20:45.082643+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus Simó-Riudalbas, Metallinou, Pous, Els, Jayasinghe, Péntek-Zakar, Wilms, Al-Saadi & Carranza, 2017
Name authority
Simó-Riudalbas, Metallinou, Pous, Els, Jayasinghe, Péntek-Zakar, Wilms, Al-Saadi & Carranza, 2017
Common name
Ruus al Jibal fan-footed 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderGekkota
  11. familyPhyllodactylidae
  12. genusPtyodactylus
  13. speciesPtyodactylus ruusaljibalicus Simó-Riudalbas, Metallinou, Pous, Els, Jayasinghe, Péntek-Zakar, Wilms, Al-Saadi & Carranza, 2017

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Ptyodactylus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Pakistan Fan-fingered GeckoPtyodactylus homolepis Blanford, 1876PhyllodactylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Ptyodactylus orlovi Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013PhyllodactylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Algerian Fan-fingered GeckoPtyodactylus oudrii Lataste, 1880PhyllodactylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Israeli Fan-fingered GeckoPtyodactylus puiseuxi Boutan, 1893PhyllodactylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Riva and Padial’s fan-footed geckoPtyodactylus rivapadiali Trape, 2017PhyllodactylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sinai Fan-fingered GeckoPtyodactylus siphonorhina Anderson, 1896PhyllodactylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Ptyodactylus ananjevae Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013PhyllodactylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Ptyodactylus dhofarensis Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013PhyllodactylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sinai Fan-fingered GeckoPtyodactylus guttatus Heyden, 1827PhyllodactylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hasselquist’s Fan-footed GeckoPtyodactylus hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798)PhyllodactylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Ragazzi’s Fan-footed geckoPtyodactylus ragazzii Anderson, 1898PhyllodactylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Ruus al Jibal region, from the Musandam Peninsula to the Dibba region)

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.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ptyodactylus&species=ruusaljibalicus 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:8GQ8Z. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.