Tenerife gecko
Tenerife gecko | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
Genus: | Tarentola |
Species: | T. delalandii
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Binomial name | |
Tarentola delalandii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
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Synonyms[2] | |
The Tenerife gecko or Tenerife wall gecko (Tarentola delalandii ) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae.
Etymology[]
The specific name, delalandii, is in honor of French naturalist Pierre Antoine Delalande.[3]
Geographic range[]
T. delalandii is endemic to Tenerife and La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
Habitat[]
The natural habitats of T. delalandii are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas.
Conservation status[]
T. delalandii is threatened by habitat loss.
References[]
- ^ Jose Antonio Mateo Miras, Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Tarentola delalandii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61575A12494692. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61575A12494692.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Tarentola delalandii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tarentola delalandii, p. 68).
Further reading[]
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Tarentola delalandii, pp. 199, 414).
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1836). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome troisième [Volume 3]. Paris: Roret. iv + 517 pp. (Platydactylus delalandii, new species, pp. 324–325). (in French).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Tarentola
- Reptiles of the Canary Islands
- Reptiles described in 1836
- Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
- Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron
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