| Tenerife gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Tarentola |
| Species: | T. delalandii
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| Binomial name | |
| Tarentola delalandii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
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The Tenerife gecko (Tarentola delalandii), also known commonly as Delalande's gecko and the Tenerife wall gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, delalandii, is in honor of French naturalist Pierre Antoine Delalande.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]T. delalandii is endemic to Tenerife and La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.[1]
Habitat
[edit]The natural habitats of T. delalandii are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas, at altitudes from sea level to 2,300 m (7,500 ft).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]T. delalandii is oviparous.[1][2] The eggs are laid under rocks.[1]
Conservation status
[edit]T. delalandii is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Miras, Jose Antonio Mateo; Pérez-Mellado, Valentin; Martínez-Solano, Iñigo (2009). "Tarentola delalandii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61575A12494692. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61575A12494692.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
((cite journal)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Species Tarentola delalandii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tarentola delalandii, p. 68).
Further reading
[edit]- 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 delalandii, pp. 199, 414).
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1836). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome troisième [Volume 3]. Paris: Roret. iv + 517 pp. (Platydactylus delalandii, new species, pp. 324–325). (in French).
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.