Biology:Tarentola rudis

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Short description: Species of lizard


Tarentola rudis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Tarentola
Species:
T. rudis
Binomial name
Tarentola rudis
Boulenger, 1906
Synonyms[2]
  • Tarentola delalandii var. rudis Boulenger, 1906

Tarentola rudis is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs in the southern part of the island of Santiago and on the Ilhéu de Santa Maria.[2][1] The species was described as a variety of Tarentola delalandii by George Albert Boulenger in 1906 based on several specimens collected by Leonardo Fea.[3]

Taxonomy

The following former subspecies were elevated to species status in 2012:[4]

  • Tarentola rudis boavistensis: Tarentola boavistensis
  • Tarentola rudis maioensis: Tarentola maioensis
  • Tarentola rudis protogigas: Tarentola protogigas

The subspecies Tarentola rudis hartogi became a subspecies of Tarentola protogigas as Tarentolas protogigas hartogi.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Tarentola rudis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13152102A13152105. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152102A13152105.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13152102/13152105. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tarentola rudis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 January 2019.
  3. Boulenger, G.A. (1906). "Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 42: 196–216. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137853#page/207/mode/1up. Retrieved 15 January 2019. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3515669 entry