American wall gecko

American wall gecko
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Tarentola
Species:	T. americana
Binomial name
	Tarentola americana; (Gray, 1831)
Synonyms
	Platydactylus americanus; Gray, 1831; Platydactylus (Tarentola) americanus var. cubanus; Gundlach & W. Peters, 1864; Tarentola americana; — Boulenger, 1885; Tarentola cubana; — Boulenger, 1885; Tarentola (Neotarentola) americana; — Joger, 1984;

Last updated December 23, 2022

The American wall gecko (Tarentola americana) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cuba and the Bahamas.^[2] There are two recognized subspecies.

Subspecies

Including the nominotypical subspecies, two subspecies are recognized as being valid.^[2]

Tarentola americana americana (Gray, 1831)
Tarentola american warreni Schwartz, 1968

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Tarentola.

Etymology

The subspecific name, warreni, is in honor of C. Rhea Warren who collected the holotype.^[3]

Geographic range

T. a. americana is found on the island of Cuba and associated islets. T. a. warreni is found on some of the northern islands of the Bahamas.^[2]

Reproduction

T. americana is oviparous.^[2]

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References

↑ Powell R, Buckner S, Reynolds RG, Fong A (2017). "Tarentola americana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T178190A77338253. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178190A77338253.en. Downloaded on 07 February 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 Tarentola americana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
↑ Schwartz (1968).

Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Tarentola americana and T. cubana, p. 195).
Gray JE (1831). "A Synopsis of the Species of the Class Reptilia". Supplement, 110 pp. In: Griffith E (1831). The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization, by the Baron Cuvier, Member of the Institute of France, &c. &c. &c. with Additional Descriptions of All the Species hitherto Named, and of Many not before Noticed, Volume the Ninth. London: Whitaker, Treacher, and Co. 480 pp. (Platydactylus americanus, new species, p. 48).
Schwartz A (1968). "Geographic variation in the new world gekkonid lizard Tarentola americana Gray". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington81: 123–142. (Tarentola americana warreni, new subspecies, pp. 134–139, Figure 2).
Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Tarentola americana, p. 549).
Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Tarentola americana, pp. 165).
Stejneger L (1917). "Cuban amphibians and reptiles collected for the United States National Museum from 1899 to 1902". Proceedings of the United States National Museum53: 259–291. (Tarentola cubana, p. 266, Figures 27–29).

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[IUCN-1] Powell R, Buckner S, Reynolds RG, Fong A (2017). "Tarentola americana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T178190A77338253. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178190A77338253.en. Downloaded on 07 February 2019.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Tarentola americana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[3] Schwartz (1968).

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