Biology:São Vicente wall gecko

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Short description: Species of lizard

São Vicente wall gecko
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Tarentola
Species:
T. substituta
Binomial name
Tarentola substituta
Joger (1984)

The São Vicente wall gecko (Tarentola substituta) is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs on the islands of São Vicente and Santo Antão, where it may have been introduced.[2]

Taxonomy

Previously a subspecies Tarentola caboverdiana substituta, it was elevated to species status in 2012.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Tarentola substituta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13152212A13152219. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152212A13152219.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13152212/13152219. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ Tarentola substituta at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 January 2019.
  3. ↑ 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

  • Joger, 1984 : Die Radiation der Gattung Tarentola in Makaronesien. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, vol. 71, p. 91-111. (in German)

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