diff --git a/netx/dnsx/ptr/consts.go b/netx/dnsx/ptr/consts.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9d12b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netx/dnsx/ptr/consts.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package ptr
+
+const (
+	TLD   string = "arpa"
+	Zone4 string = "in-addr." + TLD
+	Zone6 string = "ip6." + TLD
+)
diff --git a/netx/dnsx/ptr/doc.go b/netx/dnsx/ptr/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a378399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netx/dnsx/ptr/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/*
+Package ptr includes some helper functions for working with PTR records/zones
+and mapping/converting them to/from [net/netip.Addr] and [net/netip.Prefix] representations respectively.
+*/
+package ptr
diff --git a/netx/dnsx/ptr/errs.go b/netx/dnsx/ptr/errs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d57c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netx/dnsx/ptr/errs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package ptr
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
+var (
+	ErrInvalidBounds error = errors.New("invalid PTR boundary")
+	ErrInvalidPfx    error = errors.New("invalid prefix")
+	ErrInvalidPtr    error = errors.New("invalid PTR")
+)
diff --git a/netx/dnsx/ptr/funcs.go b/netx/dnsx/ptr/funcs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a402b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netx/dnsx/ptr/funcs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+package ptr
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/netip"
+	"slices"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
+	"go4.org/netipx"
+	"r00t2.io/subnetter/netsplit"
+)
+
+// AddrPtr returns the PTR lookup name of IP address ip (as a [net/netip.Addr]), normalized (lowercased and no trailing dot).
+func AddrPtr(ip netip.Addr) (ptr string, err error) { return IpStrPtr(ip.String()) }
+
+// IpPtr returns the PTR lookup name of IP address ip (as a [net.IP]), normalized (lowercased and no trailing dot).
+func IpPtr(ip net.IP) (ptr string, err error) { return IpStrPtr(ip.String()) }
+
+// IpStrPtr returns the PTR lookup name of IP address ip (as a string), normalized (lowercased and no trailing dot).
+func IpStrPtr(ip string) (ptr string, err error) {
+
+	if ptr, err = dns.ReverseAddr(ip); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	ptr = normalizePtr(ptr)
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+PfxToPtr returns the PTR zone name(s) for a specified prefix.
+Any host bits set in pfx will be masked off without error
+(e.g. 192.0.2.20/24 -> 192.0.2.0/24).
+
+err will be [ErrInvalidBounds] if pfx prefix length is longer than a /24 (e.g. a /32) for IPv4
+or longer than the last/shorter than the first 4-bit/nibble/nybble boundary - /124 (e.g. a /128)
+and /4 respectively - for IPv6.
+*/
+func PfxToPtr(pfx netip.Prefix) (ptrZones []string, err error) {
+
+	var idx int
+	var tgtSz uint8
+	var n *net.IPNet
+	var maxBitLen int
+	var pfxs []*netip.Prefix
+	var c *netsplit.CIDRSplitter
+
+	if !pfx.IsValid() {
+		err = ErrInvalidPfx
+		return
+	}
+
+	pfx = pfx.Masked()
+
+	if pfx.Addr().Is4() {
+		maxBitLen = 24
+		if pfx.Bits() <= 24 {
+			tgtSz = 24
+		}
+		if pfx.Bits() <= 16 {
+			tgtSz = 16
+		}
+		if pfx.Bits() <= 8 {
+			tgtSz = 8
+		}
+	} else {
+		maxBitLen = 124
+		if pfx.Bits() < 4 {
+			err = ErrInvalidBounds
+			return
+		}
+		tgtSz = uint8(pfx.Bits())
+		for tgtSz%4 != 0 {
+			tgtSz++
+		}
+	}
+	if pfx.Bits() > maxBitLen {
+		err = ErrInvalidBounds
+		return
+	}
+
+	c = &netsplit.CIDRSplitter{
+		PrefixLength: tgtSz,
+		BaseSplitter: new(netsplit.BaseSplitter),
+	}
+	n = netipx.PrefixIPNet(pfx)
+	c.BaseSplitter.SetParent(*n)
+
+	if pfxs, _, err = c.Split(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	ptrZones = make([]string, len(pfxs))
+	for idx = range pfxs {
+		ptrZones[idx] = pfxZonePtr(*pfxs[idx])
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// PtrToAddr returns a [net/netip.Addr] from a PTR record name.
+func PtrToAddr(ptr string) (addr netip.Addr, err error) {
+
+	var pfx netip.Prefix
+
+	if pfx, err = PtrToPfx(ptr); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	addr = pfx.Addr()
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+PtrToPfx returns a [net/netip.Prefix] from a PTR zone (or record).
+
+The same boundary rules as [PfxToPtr] are in place; delegated subzones (RFC 2317) are not supported.
+If an invalid PTR is received, err will be [ErrInvalidPtr].
+*/
+func PtrToPfx(ptr string) (pfx netip.Prefix, err error) {
+
+	var idx int
+	var ok bool
+	var b []byte
+	var sfx string
+	var cidr uint8
+	var spl []string
+	var addr netip.Addr
+
+	ptr = normalizePtr(ptr)
+	spl = strings.Split(ptr, ".")
+	if len(spl) < 2 {
+		err = ErrInvalidPtr
+		return
+	}
+	sfx = strings.Join(spl[len(spl)-2:], ".")
+	spl = strings.Split(normalizePtr(strings.TrimSuffix(ptr, sfx)), ".")
+
+	slices.Reverse(spl)
+
+	switch sfx {
+	case Zone4:
+		switch len(spl) {
+		case 0:
+			cidr = 0
+			spl = []string{"0", "0", "0", "0"}
+		case 1, 2, 3, 4:
+			cidr = uint8(len(spl) * 8)
+			for len(spl) < 4 {
+				spl = append(spl, "0")
+			}
+		default:
+			err = ErrInvalidPtr
+			return
+		}
+		if addr, err = netip.ParseAddr(
+			strings.Join(spl, "."),
+		); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	case Zone6:
+		if len(spl) > 32 {
+			err = ErrInvalidPtr
+			return
+		}
+		if len(spl) == 0 {
+			cidr = 0
+			spl = make([]string, 32)
+			for idx = 0; idx < len(spl); idx++ {
+				spl[idx] = "0"
+			}
+		} else {
+			cidr = uint8(len(spl) * 4)
+			for len(spl) < 32 {
+				spl = append(spl, "0")
+			}
+		}
+		if b, err = hex.DecodeString(
+			strings.ToLower(strings.Join(spl, "")),
+		); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if addr, ok = netip.AddrFromSlice(b); !ok {
+			err = ErrInvalidPfx
+			return
+		}
+	default:
+		err = ErrInvalidPtr
+		return
+	}
+
+	if pfx, err = addr.Prefix(int(cidr)); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func normalizePtr(ptr string) (norm string) { return strings.ToLower(strings.TrimRight(ptr, ".")) }
+
+func pfxZonePtr(pfx netip.Prefix) (ptr string) {
+
+	if pfx.Addr().Is4() {
+		ptr = pfxZonePtr4(pfx)
+	} else {
+		ptr = pfxZonePtr6(pfx)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func pfxZonePtr4(pfx netip.Prefix) (ptr string) {
+
+	var idx int
+	var b []byte
+	var s []string
+
+	idx = pfx.Bits() / 8
+
+	b = pfx.Addr().AsSlice()[0:idx]
+	s = make([]string, len(b))
+
+	for i := 0; i < idx; i++ {
+		s[idx-1-i] = strconv.Itoa(int(uint8(b[i])))
+	}
+
+	ptr = strings.Join(s, ".") + "." + Zone4
+
+	return
+}
+
+func pfxZonePtr6(pfx netip.Prefix) (ptr string) {
+
+	var b byte
+	var nib byte
+	var numNibs int
+	var b16 [16]byte
+	var sb *strings.Builder = new(strings.Builder)
+
+	numNibs = pfx.Bits() / 4
+	b16 = pfx.Addr().As16()
+
+	for i := numNibs - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		b = b16[i/2]
+		if i%2 == 0 {
+			nib = b >> 4
+		} else {
+			nib = b & 0x0f
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(
+			sb,
+			"%x.",
+			nib,
+		)
+	}
+	sb.WriteString(Zone6)
+
+	ptr = sb.String()
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/tplx/sprigx/README.html b/tplx/sprigx/README.html
index 027a9e6..65a938a 100644
--- a/tplx/sprigx/README.html
+++ b/tplx/sprigx/README.html
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ pre.rouge .gs {
 <div class="details">
 <span id="author" class="author">Brent Saner</span><br>
 <span id="email" class="email"><a href="mailto:bts@square-r00t.net">bts@square-r00t.net</a></span><br>
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+<span id="revdate">Last rendered 2026-09-11 22:12:00 -0400</span>
 </div>
 <div id="toc" class="toc2">
 <div id="toctitle">Table of Contents</div>
diff --git a/tplx/sprigx/README.md b/tplx/sprigx/README.md
index 5892f7d..2aeef98 100644
--- a/tplx/sprigx/README.md
+++ b/tplx/sprigx/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 <span id="author" class="author">Brent Saner</span>\
 <span id="email" class="email"><bts@square-r00t.net></span>\
-<span id="revdate">Last rendered 2026-09-04 04:15:38 -0400</span>
+<span id="revdate">Last rendered 2026-09-11 22:12:05 -0400</span>
 
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