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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Ptyodactylus
Species:
P. ruusaljibalicus
Binomial name
Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus
Simó-Riudalbas, Metallinou, de Pous, Els, Jayasinghe, Pentek-Zakar, Wilms, Al-Saadi & Carranza, 2017

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Ptyodactylus ruusaljibalicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database