Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
July 16th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Tarentola
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Wall Geckos
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Mauergeckos, Breitzehengeckos
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Murgekkoer
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1825 |  |
Tarentola Gray (type species: Lacerta mauretanica Linnaeus 1758) |
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1895 | |
Geckonia Mocquard (type species: Geckonia chazaliae Mocquard 1895; syn. Carranza, Arnold, Mateo & Geniez 2002) |
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1984 | |
Makariogecko Joger (type species: not designated; syn. Joger 1984) |
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1984 | |
Neotarentola Joger (type species: Platydactylus americanus Gray 1831; syn. Joger 1984) |
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1984 | |
Saharogecko Joger (type species: Tarentola neglecta Strauch 1887; syn. Joger 1984) |
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1984 | |
Sahelogecko Joger (type species: Gecko annularis Geoffroy 1823; syn. Joger 1984) |
Contents:
34 species, of which 19 (55.9%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
West Indies, E. Atlantic Ocean, S. Europe, N. and Equatorial Africa.
Reported from:
Algeria,
Bahamas,
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Cape Verde
(incl.
Boa Vista,
Fogo,
Santo Antao,
Sao Nicolau,
Sao Vicente),
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Croatia,
Cuba
(incl.
Isla de la Juventud),
Djibouti,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Eritrea
(incl.
Dahlak Archipelago),
Ethiopia,
France
(incl.
Corsica),
Gambia,
Ghana,
Gibraltar,
Greece
(incl.
Crete),
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Italy
(incl.
Aeolian Islands,
Capri,
Elba,
Montecristo,
Pantelleria,
Pelagie Islands
[Lampedusa,
Linosa Islands],
Sicily),
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Libya,
Mali,
Malta,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Portugal
(incl.
Selvagens Islands),
San Marino,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Slovenia,
Somalia,
South Sudan,
Spain
(incl.
Canary Islands
[Fuerteventura,
Gomera,
Gran Canaria,
Hierro,
Lanzarote,
Palma,
Tenerife]),
Sudan,
Togo,
Tunisia,
Uganda,
Western Sahara.
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Tarentola albertschwartzi
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Jamaican Giant Gecko
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Jamaika-Riesengecko
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Jamaicansk Kæmpegekko
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1998 | |
Tarentola albertschwartzi Sprackland & Swinney |
Remarks:
Known from only the type specimen.
No extant population is known (Powell & Henderson (eds.) 2012).
Extinct in:
Jamaica.
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Tarentola americana
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Cuban Giant Gecko
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Kubanischer Riesengecko
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Cubansk Kæmpegekko
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1831 | |
Platydactylus americanus Gray |
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Tarentola americana Boulenger 1885 |
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1836 | |
Platydactylus milbertii Duméril & Bibron [substitute name for Platydactylus americanus Gray 1831] (Joger 1984) |
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1864 | |
Platydactylus americanus var. cubana Gundlach & Peters (Joger 1984) |
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Tarentola cubana Boulenger 1885 |
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1968 | |
Tarentola americana warreni Schwartz |
Distribution:
Bahamas,
Cuba
(incl.
Isla de la Juventud).
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Tarentola angustimentalis
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East Canarian Wall Gecko, East Canary Gecko
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Kanarischer Mauergecko
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Østkanarisk Murgekko
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1891 | |
Tarentola mauritanica var. angustimentalis Steindachner |
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Tarentola angustimentalis Joger 1984 |
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2023 | |
Tarentola angustimentalis unamunoi Mateo, Geniez, Veiret & López-Jurado |
Distribution:
Canary Islands
(Fuerteventura,
Lanzarote).
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Tarentola annularis
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Egyptian White-spotted Gecko, White-spotted Wall Gecko, Egyptian Gecko, Ringed Wall Gecko, (White-spotted Gecko)
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Ringgecko
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Hvidplettet Murgekko
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1823 | |
Gecko annularis Geoffroy |
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Tarentola annularis Boulenger 1885 |
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1827 | |
Gecko savignyi Audouin (Joger 1984) |
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1829 | |
Gecko aegyptiacus Cuvier (Joger 1984) |
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1885 | |
Tarentola senegalensis Boulenger (Joger 1984) |
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1905 | |
Tarentola annularis quadricauda Tornier (Joger 1984) |
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1984 | |
Tarentola annularis relicta Joger |
Remarks:
Records from Sinai (e.g., Joger 1984) are erroneous (Baha el Din 2006).
Records from Saudi Arabia (e.g., Farag & Banaja 1980) undoubtedly refer to
Hemidactylus flaviviridis (Schätti & Gasperetti 1994).
Although reported from Uganda (Jirku, Mihalca, Necas & Modry 2010), the species was not included for the country by Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon (2018).
Introduced to:
USA
(California,
Florida).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Djibouti,
Egypt,
Eritrea
(incl.
Dahlak Archipelago),
Ethiopia,
Libya,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Niger,
Senegal,
Somalia,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Uganda,
Western Sahara.
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Tarentola annularis
© Rune Midtgaard
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Tarentola bischoffi
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Selvagens Gecko
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Selvagensgecko
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Selvagens-murgekko
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1984 | |
Tarentola boettgeri bischoffi Joger |
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Tarentola bischoffi Geniez in Pleguezuelos (ed.) 1997 |
Introduced to:
Portugal
(Madeira).
Distribution:
Portugal
(Selvagens Islands).
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Tarentola boavistensis
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Boavista Wall Gecko
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Boavista-Mauergecko
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Boavista-murgekko
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1993 | |
Tarentola rudis boavistensis Joger |
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Tarentola maioensis boavistensis López-Jurado, Mateo & Fazeres 2005 |
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Tarentola boavistensis Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza 2012 |
Distribution:
Cape Verde
(Boa Vista,
incl.
Sal Rei Islet).
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Tarentola bocagei
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Eastern São Nicolau Wall Gecko
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Östlicher São-Nicolau-Mauergecko
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Østlig São Nicolau-murgekko
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2012 | |
Tarentola bocagei Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza |
Distribution:
Cape Verde
(Sao Nicolau).
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Tarentola boehmei
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Moroccan Wall Gecko, (Böhme's Wall Gecko)
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Marokkanischer Mauergecko
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Marokkansk Murgekko
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1984 | |
Tarentola boehmei Joger |
Remarks:
Recently confirmed from Western Sahara (Martínez del Mármol, Harris, Geniez, Pous & Salvi 2019),
although some older records (e.g., Geniez & Geniez 1993; Geniez, Geniez, Boissinot, Beaubrun & Bons 1991) refer to T. mauritanica juliae (Geniez, Escatllar, Crochet, Mateo & Bons 1999).
Distribution:
Morocco,
Western Sahara.
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Tarentola boehmei
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Tarentola boettgeri
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Gran Canaria Wall Gecko, Gran Canaria Gecko
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Gestreifter Kanarengecko
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Gran Canaria-murgekko
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1891 | |
Tarentola delalandii var. Boettgeri Steindachner |
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Tarentola boettgeri Joger & Bischoff 1983 |
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1983 | |
Tarentola boettgeri hierrensis Joger & Bischoff (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
Remarks:
Previously included bischoffi.
Distribution:
Canary Islands
(Gran Canaria,
Hierro).
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Tarentola caboverdiana
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Santo Antão Wall Gecko
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Santo-Antão-Mauergecko
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Santo Antão-murgekko
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1984 | |
Tarentola caboverdianus caboverdianus Schleich |
Remarks:
Previously included nicolauensis, raziana, and substituta.
Distribution:
Cape Verde
(Santo Antao).
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Tarentola chazaliae
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Helmeted Gecko, Helmet-headed Gecko, (Helmeted Wall Gecko)
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Helmgecko, Helmkopfgecko
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Hjelmgekko
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1895 | |
Geckonia chazaliae Mocquard |
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Tarentola chazaliae Carranza, Arnold, Mateo & Geniez 2002 |
Distribution:
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Senegal,
Western Sahara.
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Tarentola chazaliae
© Rune Midtgaard
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Tarentola crombiei
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Cuban Agave Gecko
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Kubanischer Agavengecko
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Cubansk Agavegekko
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2008 | |
Tarentola crombiei Díaz & Hedges |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tarentola darwini
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Santiago Lesser Wall Gecko
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Kleiner Santiago-Mauergecko
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Lille Santiago-murgekko
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1984 | |
Tarentola darwini Joger |
Distribution:
Cape Verde
(Santiago).
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Tarentola delalandii
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Tenerife Wall Gecko, Macaronesian Wall Gecko, (Delalande's Gecko)
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Tenerife-Mauergecko
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Tenerife-murgekko
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1836 | |
Platydactylus delalandii Dumeril & Bibron |
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Tarentola delalandii Gray 1845 |
Remarks:
A record from Mauritania (Chabanaud 1917) may have been based on an accidental introduction, and current presence of this species in the country needs confirmation (Padial 2006).
Introduced to:
Spain
(mainland).
Distribution:
Spain
(Canary Islands
[Hierro,
Palma,
Tenerife]).
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Tarentola deserti
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Moorish Desert Gecko, Desert Wall Gecko
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Wüsten-Mauergecko
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Ørkenmurgekko
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1891 | |
Tarentola mauritanica var. deserti Boulenger |
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Tarentola deserti Joger 1984 |
Remarks:
Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch (1996) regarded Tarentola mauritanica var. saharae Doumergue 1899 as a synonym of deserti (see mauritanica).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Libya,
Morocco,
Tunisia.
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Tarentola ephippiata
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African Wall Gecko, Fig Tree Gecko, (Desert Gecko)
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Sattelgecko
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Afrikansk Murgekko
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1875 | |
Tarentola ephippiata O'Shaughnessy |
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Tarentola annularis ephippiata Loveridge 1947 |
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1984 | |
Tarentola ephippiata nikolausi Joger |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Grandison (1961).
Previously included hoggarensis, panousei, and senegambiae.
Records from Somalia (e.g., Boulenger 1895) refer to annularis (Joger 1984).
Distribution:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Ghana,
Ivory Coast,
Mali,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Sudan,
Togo.
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Tarentola fascicularis
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Libyan Wall Gecko, Eastern Moorish Gecko
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Libyscher Mauergecko
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Libysk Murgekko
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1802 | |
Gecko fascicularis Daudin |
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Ascalabotes fascicularis Sewertzoff 1900 |
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Tarentola mauritanica fascicularis Joger 1984 |
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Tarentola fascicularis Joger & Bshaenia 2010 |
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2010 | |
Tarentola fascicularis wolfgangi Joger & Bshaenia |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Joger & Bshaenia (2010), but already Harris, Batista, Lymberakis & Carretero (2004) suggested that it deserved species rank.
Greek populations (previously assigned to mauritanica) are apparently introduced (Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008).
These include the Ionian Islands Zakynthos and Strofades Islands, but also the populations in Cephalonia, Corfu, Ithaca, Peloponnese and Crete, currently assigned to
mauritanica may represent fascicularis.
Introduced to:
Greece
(Ionian Islands
[Strofades Islands,
Zakynthos]).
Distribution:
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Italy
(incl.
Pelagie Islands
[Lampedusa,
Linosa Islands]),
Libya,
Tunisia.
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Tarentola fogoensis
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Fogo Lesser Wall Gecko
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Kleiner Fogo-Mauergecko
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Lille Fogo-murgekko
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2012 | |
Tarentola fogoensis Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza |
Distribution:
Cape Verde
(Fogo).
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Tarentola gigas
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Cape Verde Giant Wall Gecko
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Kapverdischer Riesen-Mauergecko
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Kapverdisk Kæmpe-murgekko
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1845 | |
Tarentola borneensis Gray (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1990): Opinion 1585; Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza 2012) |
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1875 | |
Ascalabotes gigas Bocage |
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Tarentola gigas Boulenger 1885 |
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Tarentola delalandii gigas Loveridge 1947 |
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Tarentola borneensis gigas Joger 1984 |
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1984 | |
Tarentola gigas brancoensis Schleich |
Distribution:
Cape Verde
(Branco,
Razo).
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Tarentola gomerensis
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Gomera Wall Gecko
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Gomera-Mauergecko
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Gomera-murgekko
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1983 | |
Tarentola gomerensis Joger & Bischoff |
Distribution:
Canary Islands
(Gomera).
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Tarentola hoggarensis
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Hoggar Wall Gecko
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Hoggar-Mauergecko
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Hoggar-murgekko
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1937 | |
Tarentola delalandii hoggarensis Werner |
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Tarentola hoggariensis [sic] Mertens 1955 |
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Tarentola ephippiata hoggarensis Joger 1984 |
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Tarentola hoggarensis Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 |
Remarks:
Böhme (2010) retained hoggarensis as a subspecies of ephippiata, however, Trape, Trape & Chirio (2012) regarded it as a valid species.
Distribution:
Algeria,
Chad,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Niger,
Western Sahara.
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Tarentola maioensis
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Maio Wall Gecko
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Maio-Mauergecko
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Maio-murgekko
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1984 | |
Tarentola rudis maioensis Schleich |
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Tarentola maioensis López-Jurado, Mateo & Fazeres 2005 |
Remarks:
Validity as separate species confirmed by Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza (2012).
Introduced to:
Cape Verde
(Sao Nicolau).
Distribution:
Cape Verde
(Maio).
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Tarentola mauritanica
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Moorish Wall Gecko, Mediterranean Wall Gecko, (Moorish Gecko, Common Gecko)
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Mittelmeer-Mauergecko
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Mediterran Murgekko
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1758 | |
Lacerta mauritanica Linnaeus |
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Tarentola mauritanica Gray 1845 |
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Platydactylus mauritanicus Boettger 1873 |
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1768 | |
Gecko muricatus Laurenti (Joger 1984) |
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1820 | |
Gecko stellio Merrem [substitute name for Lacerta mauritanica Linnaeus 1758] (Joger 1984) |
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1836 | |
Platydactylus muralis Duméril & Bibron [substitute name for Lacerta mauritanica Linnaeus 1758] (Joger 1984) |
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1862 | |
Platydactylus facetanus Strauch (Joger 1984) |
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1899 | |
? Tarentola mauritanica var. lissoide Doumergue (Joger 1984) |
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1899 | |
Tarentola mauretanica saharae Doumergue (Joger 1984) |
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1899 | |
Tarentola mauritanica subvar. atlantica Doumergue (Joger 1984) |
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1899 | |
Tarentola mauritanica subvar. gracilis Doumergue (Joger 1984) |
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1905 | |
Tarentola tuberculata Rosén (Joger 1984) |
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1984 | |
Tarentola mauritanica juliae Joger |
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1999 | |
Tarentola mauritanica pallida Geniez, Escatllar, Crochet, Mateo & Bons |
Remarks:
Previously included fascicularis.
Greek populations are apparently introduced (Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008).
Records from the Pelagie Islands, Italy, and from the Ionian Islands (Zakynthos, Strofades Islands), Greece, traditionally regarded as populations of
mauritanica, represent fascicularis.
It is unclear whether this is also the case with the populations in Cephalonia, Corfu, Ithaki, Peloponnese, and Crete.
Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch (1996) regarded Tarentola mauritanica saharae Doumergue 1899 as a synonym of deserti.
Although recorded from Albania (possibly based on introduction), there are no recent records from the country (Mizsei, Jablonski, Vegvari, Lengyel & Szabolcs 2017).
Records from Saudi Arabia (e.g., Anderson 1896?; Farag & Banaja 1980) undoubtedly refer to
Hemidactylus flaviviridis (Schätti & Gasperetti 1994).
Listed for Mauritania by Trape, Trape & Chirio (2012), but presumably in error.
Introduced to:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Chile,
Greece
(Crete,
Ionian Islands
[Cephalonia,
Corfu,
Ithaki,
Strofades Islands,
Zakynthos],
Peloponnese),
Italy
(Sardinia),
New Zealand,
Portugal
(Azores,
Madeira),
Spain
(Balearic Islands
[Cabrera,
Mallorca,
Minorca,
Pityusic Islands,
(Formentera,
Ibiza)],
Canary Islands
[Tenerife]),
Turkey,
Uruguay,
USA
(California,
Colorado,
Florida,
New Jersey).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Croatia,
France
(incl.
Corsica,
Iles d'Hyeres),
Gibraltar,
Italy
(incl.
Aeolian Islands,
Capri,
Elba,
Montecristo,
Pantelleria,
Sicily),
Malta,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Portugal,
San Marino,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Tunisia,
Western Sahara.
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Tarentola mauritanica
© Rune Midtgaard
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Tarentola mindiae
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Quattara Gecko
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Quattara-Mauergecko
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Quattara-murgekko
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1997 | |
Tarentola mindiae Baha el Din |
Distribution:
Egypt,
Libya.
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Tarentola mindiae
© Rune Midtgaard
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Tarentola neglecta
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Algerian Wall Gecko, Neglected Gecko
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Algerischer Mauergecko
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Algiersk Murgekko
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1887 | |
Tarentola neglecta Strauch |
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1887 | |
Tarentola angusticeps Strauch (Joger 1984) |
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1984 | |
Tarentola neglecta geyri Joger |
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2013 | |
Tarentola neglecta lanzai Bshaena & Joger |
Remarks:
Records from Chad (e.g., Wake & Kluge 1961) refer to ephippiata (Joger 1984).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Libya,
Tunisia.
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Tarentola nicolauensis
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Western São Nicolau Wall Gecko
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Westlicher São-Nicolau-Mauergecko
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Vestlig São Nicolau-murgekko
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1984 | |
Tarentola caboverdianus nicolauensis Schleich |
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Tarentola nicolauensis Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza 2012 |
Distribution:
Cape Verde
(Sao Nicolau).
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Tarentola panousei
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Dra Wall Gecko
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Dra-Mauergecko
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Dra-murgekko
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1959 | |
Tarentola panousei Pasteur |
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Tarentola hoggarensis panousei Pasteur & Bons 1960 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of ephippiata (e.g., Joger 1984).
Revalidated as a separate species by Koppetsch & Böhme (2022).
Distribution:
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Western Sahara.
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Tarentola parvicarinata
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Small-keeled Gecko, Senegalese Gecko, (White-spotted Wall Gecko)
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Feingekielter Mauergecko
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Finkølet Murgekko
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1980 | |
Tarentola parvicarinata Joger |
Distribution:
Burkina Faso,
Gambia,
Guinea,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Western Sahara.
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Tarentola pastoria
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Guinean Wall Gecko, Pastoria Wall Gecko
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Guinea-Mauergecko
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Guinea-murgekko
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2012 | |
Tarentola pastoria Trape, Baldé & Ineich in Trape, Trape & Chirio |
Distribution:
Guinea,
Sierra Leone.
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Tarentola protogigas
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Fogo Greater Wall Gecko
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Grosser Fogo-Mauergecko
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Stor Fogo-murgekko
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1984 | |
Tarentola borneensis protogigas Joger |
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Tarentola rudis protogigas Schleich 1987 |
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Tarentola protogigas Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza 2012 |
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1993 | |
Tarentola rudis hartogi Joger |
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Tarentola protogigas hartogi Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza 2012 |
Distribution:
Cape Verde
(Brava,
Fogo,
Rombos Islets).
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Tarentola raziana
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Raso Wall Gecko
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Raso-Mauergecko
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Raso-murgekko
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1984 | |
Tarentola caboverdianus razianus Schleich |
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Tarentola raziana Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza 2012 |
Distribution:
Cape Verde
(Branco,
Razo,
Santa Luzia).
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Tarentola rudis
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Santiago Greater Wall Gecko
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Grosser Santiago-Mauergecko
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Stor Santiago-murgekko
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1906 | |
Tarentola delalandii var. rudis Boulenger |
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Tarentola borneensis rudis Joger 1984 |
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Tarentola rudis Schleich 1987 |
Remarks:
Previously included boavistensis, maioensis, and protogigas (incl. hartogi).
Distribution:
Cape Verde
(Santiago,
incl.
Santa Maria Islet).
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Tarentola senegambiae
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Senegambian Wall Gecko
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Westafrikanischer Mauergecko
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Vestafrikansk Murgekko
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1984 | |
Tarentola ephippiata senegambiae Joger |
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Tarentola senegambiae Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 |
Distribution:
Gambia,
Guinea-Bissau,
Senegal.
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Tarentola substituta
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São Vicente Wall Gecko
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São Vicente-Mauergecko
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São Vicente-murgekko
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1984 | |
Tarentola caboverdiana substituta Joger |
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Tarentola substituta Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza 2012 |
Introduced to:
Azores.
Distribution:
Cape Verde
(Sao Vicente).
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