Tarentola boettgeri

Tarentola boettgeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Tarentola
Species: Tarentola boettgeri
Subspecies (3): T. b. bischoffi – T. b. boettgeri – T. b. hierrensis

Name

Tarentola boettgeri Steindachner, 1891

• Syntypes: NMW 17981:1-31, collected by Simony in 1890.
• Type locality: “Isleta de Gran Canar [=Gran Canaria]”, Canary Islands, Spain.

Combinations

• Tarentola delalandii var. boettgeri Steindachner, 1891: 301 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Tarentola boettgeri — Joger & Bischoff, 1983: 459 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Steindachner, F. 1891. Ueber die Reptilien und Batrachier der westlichen und oestlichen Gruppe der Kanarischen Inseln. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 6: 287–306.BHL Reference page. 
• Joger, U. & Bischoff, W. 1983. Zwei neue Taxa der Gattung Tarentola (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) von den Kanarischen Inseln. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 34(4): 459-468. PDF; BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Carranza, S., Arnold, E.N., Mateo, J.A., López-Jurado, L.F. 2000. Long-distance colonization and radiation in gekkonid lizards, Tarentola (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences 267(1444): 637–649. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1050 Reference page. 
• Carranza, S., Arnold, E.N., Mateo, J.A. & Geniez, P. 2002. Relationships and evolution of the north African geckos, Geckonia and Tarentola (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23(2): 244–256. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00024-6 Reference page. 
• Gübitz, T., Thorpe, R.S. & Malhotra, A. 2005. The dynamics of genetic and morphological variation on volcanic islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences 272(1564): 751–757. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3018 Reference page. 
• Speybroeck, J., Beukema, W., Dufresnes, C., Fritz, U., Jablonski, D., Lymberakis, P., Martínez-Solano, I., Razzetti, E., Vamberger, M., Vences, M., Vörös, J. & Crochet, P.-A. 2020. Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica. Amphibia-Reptilia 41(2): 139–189. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-bja10010 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tarentola boettgeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 May 2021.
• Sá-Sousa, P., Miras, J.A.M., Pérez-Mellado, V. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2009. IUCN: Tarentola boettgeri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61574A12494311. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61574A12494311.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gestreifter Kanarengecko
English: Gran Canaria Gecko
español: Perenquén de Boettger

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