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Tarentola (wall gecko)

Reptilia - Gekkonidae

Taxonomy
Tarentola was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gekkonidae by Estes (1983) and Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Tarentola Gray
1983Tarentola Estes
1988Tarentola Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderGekkonomorpha
infraorderGekkotaCuvier 1817
familyGekkonidaeGray 1825
genusTarentolaGray 1825

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tarentola Gray 1825 [wall gecko]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:40:44
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:40:44
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Astaracian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Astaracian15.97 - 11.608Morocco (Tadla-Azilal) Tarentola sp. (48630)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Spain (Catalonia) Tarentola mauritanica (167736)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Castellon) Tarentola mauritanica (34929)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Tarentola mauritanica (34128)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Tarentola sp. (184245)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Tarentola americana (194594 194595 194597)