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Tarentola gomerensis JOGER & BISCHOFF, 1983

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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gomero Wall Gecko
G: Gomera-Gecko 
SynonymTarentola gomerensis JOGER & BISCHOFF 1983: 460
Tarentola gomerensis — KLUGE 1993
Tarentola (Makariogecko) gomerensis — CARRANZA et al. 2000
Tarentola gomerensis — BÖHME 2014: 134
Tarentola gomerensis — SPEYBROECK et al. 2020 
DistributionLa Gomera (Canary Islands) [Spain]

Type locality: Valle Hermigua, (under stones), Gomera (Canary Islands).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZFMK 35207; female. Paratypes (n=34): NMW, ZMH, MNHN, HLMD, ZSM 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (n=35): “Eine mittelgroße Tarentola (max. 72 mm Kopf-Rumpf), im Habitus T. delalandii vergleichbar, doch von dieser Art unterschieden durch: 1. dunklere Färbung mit nur schwach angedeuteten Querbinden, stattdessen unregelmäßig verteilt weiße Tüpfel, die stets auf den Rückentuberkeln liegen; 2. stärker gekielte Rückentuberkel, deutlich abstehende Schwanztuberkel; 3. erhöhte Zahl von Lamellen an der Unterseite der Zehen (Tab. 1); 4. höhere Zahl von Labialschildern (Tab. 1).” (Joger & Bischoff 1983)


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CommentNot listed by Engelmann et al. (1993). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Bischoff, W. 1984. Bemerkungen über die endemische Echsenfauna der Kanarischen Inseln. Sauria 6 (2): 5-11 - get paper here
  • Bischoff, W. 1985. Die Herpetofauna der Kanarischen Inseln. II. Die Geckos der Gattung Tarentola. Herpetofauna 7 (35): 27-34 - get paper here
  • Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here
  • Carranza, S., Arnold, E. Nicholas; Mateo, J. A. and L. F. López-Jurado 2000. Long-distance colonization and radiation in gekkonid lizards, Tarentola (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Proc. R. Soc. London B 267: 637-649 - get paper here
  • Evenhuis, T. 2006. La Gomera: Herpetologische waarnemingen, November 2005. Lacerta 64 (2): 64-75 - get paper here
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 - get paper here
  • Glaw, Frank and Kathrin Schmidt 2003. Über die Irisfärbung der Kanarischen Mauergeckos Tarentola delalandii und Tarentola gomerensis (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 4: 40-42
  • Joger U; Bischoff W 1983. Zwei neue Taxa der Gattung Tarentola (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) von den Kanarischen Inseln. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 34 (1-3): 459-468 - get paper here
  • JOGER, U. 1998. Tarentola gomerensis Joger & Bischoff, 1983 - Gomera-Gecko. In: W. BISCHOFF (Hrsg.) Die Reptilien der Kanarischen Inseln, der Selvagens-Inseln und des Madeira Archipels. (Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas Bd. 6) 449 pp. Aula Verlag Wiesbaden, pp. 177-184
  • NETTMANN, H. K. & S. RYKENA 1985. Verhaltens- und fortpflanzungsbiologische Notizen von kanarischen und nordafrikanischen Tarentola-Arten. Bonner zool. Beitr. 36, 287-305
  • Nogales M., M. López, J. Jiménez-Asensio, J. M. Larruga, M. Hernández, and P. González 1998. Evolution and biogeography of the genus Tarentola (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Canary Islands, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. J. Evol. Biol. 11: 481–494 - get paper here
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
  • Speybroeck, Jeroen; Wouter Beukema, Christophe Dufresnes, Uwe Fritz, Daniel Jablonski, Petros Lymberakis, Iñigo Martínez-Solano, Edoardo Razzetti, Melita Vamberger, Miguel Vences, Judit Vörös0, Pierre-André Crochet 2020. Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica.. Amphibia-Reptilia 41: 139-189 - get paper here
 
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