Tarentola rudis
Tarentola rudis is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs in the southern part of the island of Santiago and on the Ilhéu de Santa Maria.[2][1] The species was described as a variety of Tarentola delalandii by George Albert Boulenger in 1906 based on several specimens collected by Leonardo Fea.[3]
| Tarentola rudis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Tarentola |
| Species: | T. rudis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tarentola rudis Boulenger, 1906 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Taxonomy
The following former subspecies were elevated to species status in 2012:[4]
- Tarentola rudis boavistensis: Tarentola boavistensis
- Tarentola rudis maioensis: Tarentola maioensis
- Tarentola rudis protogigas: Tarentola protogigas
The subspecies Tarentola rudis hartogi became a subspecies of Tarentola protogigas as Tarentolas protogigas hartogi.[4]
References
- Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Tarentola rudis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13152102A13152105. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152102A13152105.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Tarentola rudis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 January 2019.
- Boulenger, G.A. (1906). "Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 42: 196–216. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza, An integrative taxonomic revision of the Tarentola geckos (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) of the Cape Verde Islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012, vol. 164, no. 2, p. 328-360
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