Phyllodactylidae

Aloufi, Abdulhadi, Zayer, Mohammed Al & Amr, Zuhair S., 2023, Reptiles and Amphibians along the Coastal Area of the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, Ecologica Montenegrina 68, pp. 66-87 : 73-74

Family Phyllodactylidae

Ptyodactylus cf hasselquistii (Donndorff, 1798) Fig. 4I

Materials examined: EZC015, Al Ayashi Farm, 28.5.2023. EZC049, Al Judaedah Valley, 1.9.2023.

Observed: Al Hassa National Park, 3.9.2023. Jabal Al Araba’a, 5.9.2023. Hejrat Al Oseferat, 3.9.2023. Al Suhaemeah farms, 5.9.2023.

Remarks: This is a rather problematic species. Metallinou et al. (2015) referred to the Arabian populations as P. hasselquistii species complex clade A and B, whereas clade A refers to populations of western, central Saudi Arabia and Oman, while clade B indicates populations associated with the southwestern mountains of Aseer. Size and colour of specimens observed from eastern Saudi Arabia are very different from the typical P. hasselquistii . It was previously recorded from Al Dharan ( Haas, 1957), and Al Hassa ( Al-Sadoon, 2010).

Figures

Figure 4. A. Bunopus tuberculatus. B. Hemidactylus flaviviridis. C. Hemidactylus persicus. D. Pseudoceramodactylus khobarensis. E. Trigonodactylus arabicus. F. Stenodactylus doriae. G. Stenodactylus slevini. H. Pristurus rupestris (Photo by J. Babbington). I. Ptyodactylus cf hasselquistii.