Cape Verde wall gecko
Appearance
Tarentola caboverdiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
Genus: | Tarentola |
Species: | T. caboverdiana
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Binomial name | |
Tarentola caboverdiana Schleich, 1984
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Cape Verde wall gecko, also Santo Antão wall gecko, (Tarentola caboverdiana) is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs in the island of Santo Antão.[2] The species was named by Hans Hermann Schleich in 1984. The specific name caboverdiana refers to Cape Verde, the type locality.[2] This species activity pattern is strictly nocturnal in their habitat.
Taxonomy
[edit]The former subspecies Tarentola caboverdiana substituta, Tarentola caboverdiana nicolauensis and Tarentola caboverdiana raziana have been elevated to separate species status by Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza in 2012.[3][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Tarentola caboverdiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13152120A13152127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152120A13152127.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Tarentola caboverdiana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 January 2019.
- ^ Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza, An integrative taxonomic revision of the Tarentola geckos (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) of the Cape Verde Islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012, vol. 164, no. 2, p. 328-360
Further reading
[edit]- Schleich, 1984 : Die Geckos der Gattung Tarentola der Kapverden (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) [Geckos of the Tarentola Species in Cape Verde]. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, vol. 68, p. 95-106. (in German)
- Vasconcelos, R.; Santos, X.; Carretero, M.A. (2012). "High temperatures constrain microhabitat selection and activity patterns of the insular Cape Verde wall gecko". Journal of Arid Environments. 81: 18–25. Bibcode:2012JArEn..81...18V. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.01.013.