Tarentola albertschwartzi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Tarentola
Species: Tarentola albertschwartzi

Name

Tarentola albertschwartzi Sprackland & Swinney, 1998: 73

• Holotype: NMSZ 1884.23.7, adult ♀, presented by Miss Cooper Kingston in 1884.
• Type locality: “Jamaica”.

Native distribution areas

• Jamaica.

References

Primary references

• Sprackland, R.G. & Swinney, G.N. 1998. A new species of giant gecko of the genus Tarentola (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Jamaica. Journal of Zoology 245(1): 73–78. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00073.x Reference page. 

Links

• Wilson, B.S. & Hedges, B. 2022. IUCN: Tarentola albertschwartzi  (Data Deficient) (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T29456A217760942. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T29456A217760942.en. Accessed on 26 August 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Jamaican Giant Gecko