Tarentola Gray 1825 (wall gecko)

Reptilia - Squamata - Gekkonidae

Parent taxon: Gekkonidae according to R. Estes 1983

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Aprasia, Aristelliger, Bogertia, Briba, Cadurcogekko, Coleonyx, Cyrtodactylus, Delma, Diplodactylinae, Diplodactylus, Eublepharinae, Euleptes, Geckolepis, Gehyra, Gekko, Gekkoninae, Gerandogekko, Gonatodes, Gymnodactylus, Hemidactylus, Hemiphyllodactylus, Homonota, Hoplodactylus, Laonogekko, Lygodactylus, Naultinus, Nephrurus, Pachydactylus, Paroedura, Phelsuma, Phyllodactylus, Phyllopezus, Platydactylus, Pletholax, Pygopus, Rhodanogekko, Sphaerodactylinae, Sphaerodactylus, Teratoscincus, Thecadactylus, Uroplatinae, Uroplatus, Yantarogekko

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Greece (1), Spain (1)

• Pliocene of Spain (2)

• Miocene of Morocco (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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