Boa Vista wall gecko
| Tarentola boavistensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Tarentola |
| Species: | T. boavistensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tarentola boavistensis Joger, 1993 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tarentola boavistensis (English name: Boa Vista wall gecko or Boa Vista Gecko, sometimes as Tarentola bonavistensis, the Latin name for Boa Vista is Bona Vista, not frequently used in Latin) is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands and are founded in the island of Boa Vista and also on Sal.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, boavistensis is named after the island where the species was discovered.[1]
Synomyms
- Tarentola rudis boavistensis Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza, 2012.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Tarentola boavistensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 February 2017.
- ↑ Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza en 2012 : An integrative taxonomic revision of the Tarentola geckos (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) of the Cape Verde Islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 164, no 2, p. 328-360
Further reading
- Joger, 1993 : On two collections of reptiles and amphibians from the Cape Verde Islands, with descriptions of three new taxa. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, vol. 159, p. 437-444
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