Tarentola ephippiata

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 ephippiata
Subspecies (4): T. e. ephippiata – T. e. hoggarensis – T. e. nikolausi – T. e. senegambiae

Name

• Tarentola ephippiata O’Shaughnessy, 1875: 263

Holotype: BMNH 1865.2.17.10.

Type locality: “West Africa”.

References

Primary references

• O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1875. Descriptions of new species of Geckotidæ in the British-Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 16(94): 262–266. DOI: 10.1080/00222937508681844 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tarentola ephippiata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 July 2018.

Vernacular names

English: African Wall Gecko