Boettger's Wall Gecko
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| Tarentola boettgeri Steindachner, 1891 |
The Boettger's Wall Gecko or Gran Canaria Gecko (Tarentola boettgeri) is a species of lizard in the Gekkonidae family. It is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas.
[edit] Source
- Sá-Sousa, P., Miras, J.A.M. & Pérez-Mellado, V. 2005. Tarentola boettgeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
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- Steindachner,F. 1891 Ueber die Reptilien und Batrachier der westlichen und oestlichen Gruppe der Kanarischen Inseln. Ann. naturh. Mus. [k.k. Hofmuseums?] Wien 6: 287-306
- Rösler, H. 2000 Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
- Nogales M., M. López, J. Jiménez-Asensio, J. M. Larruga, M. Hernandez, and P. Gonzalez 1998 Evolution and biogeography of the genus Tarentola (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Canary Islands, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. J. Evol. Biol. 11: 481-494
- Krefft, G. 1949 Beobachtungen an kanarischen Inseleidechsen. 4. Tarentola delalandei boettgeri Wochenschr. Aquar. Terr. 5 (43): 114-116
- Joger, U. 1984 Die Radiation der Gattung Tarentola in Makaronesien. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 71: 91-111
- Joger U; Bischoff W 1983 Zwei neue Taxa der Gattung Tarentola (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) von den Kanarischen Inseln. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 34 (1-3) 1983: 459-468
- Carranza, S., Arnold, E. Nicholas; Mateo, J. A. and L. F. López-Jurado 2000 Long-distance colonization and radiation in gekkonid lizards, Tarentola (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Proc. R. Soc. London B 267: 637-649
- Bonetti, Mathilde 2002 100 Sauri. Mondadori (Milano), 192 pp.
- Bischoff, W. 1985 Die Herpetofauna der Kanarischen Inseln. II. Die Geckos der Gattung Tarentola. Herpetofauna 7 (35): 27-34
- Atlas de la terrariophile Vol.3 : les lézards. Animalia Éditions, 2003. ISBN 2-9517895-2-1
