Boettger's wall gecko

The Boettger's wall gecko (Tarentola boettgeri ), also commonly known as the Gran Canaria gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Canary Islands.[1]

Boettger's wall gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Tarentola
Species:
T. boettgeri
Binomial name
Tarentola boettgeri

Etymology

The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger.[2]

Geographic range

T. boettgeri is endemic to the islands of El Hierro and Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. An introduced population exists in Galicia, Spain.[1]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of T. boettgeri are shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, and rural gardens.[1]

References
  1. Sá-Sousa P, Miras JAM, Pérez-Mellado V, Martínez-Solano I (2009). Tarentola boettgeri. 2013.2 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 06 May 2014.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tarentola boettgeri, p. 29).

Further reading
  • Steindachner F (1891). "Ueber die Reptilien und Batrachier der westlichen und oestlichen Gruppe der Kanarischen Inseln ". Ann. naturh. Mus. [k.k. Hofmuseums?] Wien 6: 287–306. (in German).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28-153. (in German).
  • Nogales M, López M, Jiménez-Asensio J, Larruga JM, Hernandez M, Gonzalez P (1998). "Evolution and biogeography of the genus Tarentola (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Canary Islands, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences". J. Evol. Biol. 11: 481–494.
  • Krefft G (1849). "Beobachtungen an kanarischen Inseleidechsen. 4. Tarentola delalandei boettgeri". Wochenschr. Aquar. Terr. 5 (43): 114–116. (in German).
  • Joger U (1984). "Die Radiation der Gattung Tarentola in Makaronesien ". Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 71: 91-111. (in German).
  • Joger U, Bischoff W (1983). "Zwei neue Taxa der Gattung Tarentola (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) von den Kanarischen Inseln ". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 34 (1-3): 459–468. (in German).
  • Carranza S, Arnold EN, Mateo JA, López-Jurado LF (2000). "Long-distance colonization and radiation in gekkonid lizards, Tarentola (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences". Proc. R. Soc. London, B, 267: 637–649.
  • Bonetti M (2002). 100 Sauri. Milan: Mondadori. 192 pp. ISBN 88-43582-96-8. (in Italian).
  • Bischoff W (1985). "Die Herpetofauna der Kanarischen Inseln. II. Die Geckos der Gattung Tarentola". Herpetofauna 7 (35): 27–34. (in German).
  • Aulio R, Gérard P, Daoues K, Hussard N (2005). Atlas de la terrariophilie, Vol.3 : Les lézards. France: Animalia Éditions. 189 pp. ISBN 978-2915740080. (in French).


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