Tarentola mauritanica

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Familia: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Tarentola
Species: Tarentola mauritanica
Subspecies (3): T. m. juliae – T. m. mauritanica – T. m. pallida

Name[edit]

Tarentola mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type material: unknown.
Type locality: “Mauritania”.

Combinations[edit]

Lacerta mauritanica Linnaeus, 1758: 202 [original combination]
Tarentola mauritanica — Gray, 1845 [subsequent combination]

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.

Links[edit]

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Tarentola mauritanica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 June 2022.
Vogrin, M., Corti, C., Pérez Mellado, V., Baha El Din, S. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2017. IUCN: Tarentola mauritanica (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T61578A63716927. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T61578A63716927.en. Accessed on 17 June 2022.

Vernacular names[edit]

Akan: Abosomakoterɛ
català: Dragó comú
Deutsch: Mauergecko
Ελληνικά: Ταρέντολα / κλινταράκι
English: Moorish Gecko
español: Salamanquesa común
euskara: Dragoitxo
français: Tarente de Maurétanie
galego: Salmantesa común
hrvatski: Zidni macaklin
magyar: Fali gekkó
italiano: Geco comune
Nederlands: Muurgekko
norsk: Murgekko
polski: Gekon murowy
português: Osga-moura
svenska: Murgecko
українська: Гекон стінний

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