Tarentola americana

Tarentola americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Tarentola
Species: Tarentola americana
Subspecies (2): T. a. americana – T. a. warreni

Name

Tarentola americana (Gray, 1831)

• Holotype: MNHN-RA 6700.
• Type locality: “New York”.

Combinations

• Platydactylus americanus Gray, 1831: 48 [original combination]
• Tarentola americana — Boulenger, 1885: 195 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Platydactylus milbertii Duméril & Bibron, 1836: 325
• Platydactylus (Tarentola) americanus var. cubanus Gundlach & Peters in Peters, 1864: 384

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1831. A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. In: Griffith, E & Pidgeon, E.. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed. Volume the ninth. The class Reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. Whittaker, Treacher and Co.: London. 110 pp. (Appendix) BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Tarentola americana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 July 2022.
• Powell, R., Buckner, S., Reynolds, R.G. & Fong, A. 2017. IUCN: Tarentola americana  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T178190A77338253. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178190A77338253.en. Accessed on 25 July 2022.

Vernacular names

• English: American Wall Gecko

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