Boa Vista wall gecko

Boa Vista wall gecko
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Tarentola
Species:	T. boavistensis
Binomial name
Tarentola boavistensis Joger, 1993
Synonyms [2]
Tarentola rudis boavistensis(Joger, 1993)

The Boa Vista wall gecko (Tarentola boavistensis) is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs on the island of Boa Vista. ^[2] The specific name boavistensis refers to the type locality. ^[2]

Synonyms

• Tarentola rudis boavistensis Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza, 2012. ^[3]

References

1. Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Tarentola boavistensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T13152063A13152070. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152063A13152070.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Tarentola boavistensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 15 January 2019.
3. 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