Tarentola
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Tarentola is a genus of geckos, commonly known as wall geckos.
Classification of genus Tarentola
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Tarentola sp., probably T. boettgeri.
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Tarentola sp., probably T. boettgeri.
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
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- 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.
- ↑ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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).
