Tarentola

Tarentola
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]

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

  1. ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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

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