Boa Vista wall gecko | |
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Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Infraorder: | Gekkota |
Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
Genus: | Tarentola |
Species: | T. boavistensis |
Binomial name | |
Tarentola boavistensis Joger, 1993 | |
Synonyms | |
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The Boa Vista wall gecko (Tarentola boavistensis) is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs on the island of Boa Vista. The specific name boavistensis refers to the type locality.
Synonyms
- Tarentola rudis boavistensis Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza, 2012.
References
- Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Tarentola boavistensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13152063A13152070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152063A13152070.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Tarentola boavistensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 January 2019.
- Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza en 2012 : An integrative taxonomic revision of the Tarentola geckos (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) of the Cape Verde Islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 164, no 2, p. 328-360
Further reading
- Joger, 1993 : On two collections of reptiles and amphibians from the Cape Verde Islands, with descriptions of three new taxa. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, vol. 159, p. 437-444
Taxon identifiers | |
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Tarentola boavistensis |
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