Tarentola
| Tarentola | |
|---|---|
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| Tarentola mauritanica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Tarentola Gray, 1825[1] |
Tarentola is a genus of geckos, commonly known as wall geckos.
Classification of genus Tarentola
Tarentola sp., probably T. boettgeri.
Tarentola sp., probably T. boettgeri.
Tarentola mauritanica.
The following species and subspecies are recognized.[2]
- Tarentola albertschwartzi Sprackland & Swinney 1998 - Jamaican giant gecko (possibly extinct)
- Tarentola americana (Gray, 1831) - American wall gecko
- Tarentola americana americana (Gray, 1831)
- Tarentola americana warreni Schwartz, 1968 - Warren's American wall gecko
- Tarentola angustimentalis Steindachner, 1891 - Canary wall gecko
- Tarentola annularis (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) - ringed wall gecko
- Tarentola annularis annularis (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)
- Tarentola annularis relicta Joger, 1984
- Tarentola bischoffi Joger, 1984
- Tarentola boehmei Joger, 1984 - Morocco wall gecko
- Tarentola boettgeri Steindachner, 1891 - Boettger's wall gecko[3]
- Tarentola boettgeri boettgeri Steindachner, 1891
- Tarentola boettgeri hierrensis Joger & Bischoff, 1983
- Tarentola caboverdiana Schleich, 1984 - Cape Verde wall gecko
- Tarentola chazaliae (Mocquard, 1895) - helmeted wall gecko
- Tarentola crombiei Diaz & Hedges, 2008- Crombie's wall gecko[3]
- Tarentola darwini Joger, 1984 - Darwin's wall gecko[3]
- Tarentola delalandii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836) - Tenerife wall gecko
- Tarentola deserti Boulenger, 1891 - desert wall gecko
- Tarentola ephippiata O'Shaughnessy, 1875 - African wall gecko
- Tarentola ephippiata ephippiata O'Shaughnessy, 1875
- Tarentola ephippiata hoggarensis F. Werner, 1937
- Tarentola ephippiata nikolausi Joger, 1984
- Tarentola ephippiata senegambiae Joger, 1984
- Tarentola fascicularis (Daudin, 1802)
- Tarentola gigas (Bocage, 1875)
- Tarentola gigas brancoensis Schleich, 1984
- Tarentola gigas gigas (Bocage, 1875)
- Tarentola gomerensis Joger & Bischoff, 1983 - Gomera wall gecko
- Tarentola mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758) - Moorish gecko
- Tarentola mauritanica juliae Joger, 1984
- Tarentola mauritanica mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tarentola mauritanica pallida Geniez et al., 1999
- Tarentola mindiae S. Baha El Din, 1997
- Tarentola neglecta Strauch, 1887 - Algerian wall gecko
- Tarentola neglecta geyri Joger, 1984
- Tarentola neglecta lanzai Bshaena & Joger, 2013
- Tarentola neglecta neglecta Strauch, 1887
- Tarentola nicolauensis Schleich, 1984
- Tarentola parvicarinata Joger, 1980 - Sierra Leone wall gecko
- Tarentola protogigas Joger, 1984
- Tarentola protogigas hartogi Joger, 1993
- Tarentola protogigas protogigas Joger, 1984
- Tarentola raziana Schleich, 1984
- Tarentola rudis Boulenger, 1906
- Tarentola rudis boavistensis Joger, 1993
- Tarentola rudis maioensis Schleich, 1984
- Tarentola rudis rudis Boulenger, 1906
- Tarentola substituta Joger, 1984
Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Tarentola.
References
- ↑ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 3 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tarentola boettgeri, p. 29; T. crombei, p. 62; T. darwini p. 65).
Further reading
- Gray JE. 1825. "A Synopsis of the Genera of Reptiles and Amphibia, with a Description of some new Species". Annals of Philosophy, London, Series 2, 10: 193-217. (Tarentola, new genus, p. 199).
- Joger U. 1984. "Die Radiation der Gattung Tarentola in Makaronesien ". Courier Forschunginstitut Senckenberg 71: 91-111.
- Schleich HH. 1984. "Die Geckos der Gattung Tarentola der Kapverden (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Courier Forschunginstitut Senckenberg 68: 95-106.
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