Stenodactylus mauritanicus

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Stenodactylus
Species: Stenodactylus mauritanicus

Name

Stenodactylus mauritanicus Guichenot, 1850: 5

• Syntypes: MNHN-RA-0.6768, collected by A. Guichenot, MNHN-RA-0.6769, collected by Bravet, and MNHN-RA-0.2339, collected by Levaillant.
• Type locality: “environs d'Oran” and “Alger”.

References

Primary references

• Guichenot, A. 1850. Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie: Pendant les Années 1840, 1841, 1842. Sciences Physiques. Zoologie. Tome 5. Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles et des Poissons. Imprimerie Nationale: Paris. IV + 144 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Metallinou, M. & Crochet, P.-A. 2013. Nomenclature of African species of the genus Stenodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 3691(3): 365–376. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.3.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Stenodactylus mauritanicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 January 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Northern Elegant Gecko