Tarentola deserti BOULENGER, 1891

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Higher Taxa	Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Desert Wall Gecko
Synonym	Tarentola mauritanica var. deserti BOULENGER 1891: 115 Tarentola mauritanica var. deserti LATASTE 1891 (see comment) Tarentola mauritanica variete Saharae DOUMERGUE 1899 (fide LOVERIDGE 1947: 319) Tarentola mauritanica deserti — LOVERIDGE 1947: 319 Tarentola mauritanica deserti — BONS 1959 Tarentola mauritanica deserti — WERMUTH 1965: 181 Tarentola deserti — JOGER 1984 Tarentola deserti — KLUGE 1993 Tarentola deserti — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 270 Tarentola (Tarentola) deserti — RÖSLER 2000: 116 Tarentola deserti — TRAPE, CHIRIO & TRAPE 2012
Distribution	Sahara: N Algeria, E Morocco, S Tunisia, NW Libya Type locality: restricted to Ouargla, Algerian Sahara, 34.85° 5.7333° (WGS84).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ R-4641
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Comment	Synonymy partly after LOVERIDGE 1947. This species was apparently described in some unpublished notes by Lataste which served as basis for Boulenger’s formal description. Etymology not given by Boulenger (but this is apparently a desert species). Relationships: T. deserti is closely related to T. fascicularis, hence the two are sometimes listed as T. deserti/fascicularis complex (e.g. by Antinucci et al. 2024)
References	Antinucci, C., Gallozzi, F., & Castiglia, R. 2024. Geckos on the borders: genetic evidence on co-occurrence of two species of wall geckos, genus Tarentola, on the island of Pantelleria, Italy. Herpetology Notes, 17, 395-402 - get paper here Barata, Mafalda; Ana Perera, D. James Harris, Arie van der Meijden, Salvador Carranza, Francisco Ceacero, Enrique García-Muñoz, Duarte Gonçalves, Sérgio Henriques, Fátima Jorge, Jonathan C. Marshall, Luis Pedrajas and Pedro Sousa 2011. New observations of amphibians and reptiles in Morocco, with a special emphasis on the eastern region. Herpetological Bulletin (116): 4 - get paper here Barts, M. 1992. Zur Haltung und Zucht von Tarentola deserti (BOULENGER 1891). Sauria 14 (2): 23-26 - get paper here Bauer, Aaron M.; Jonathan C. DeBoer , Dylan J. Taylor 2017. Atlas of the Reptiles of Libya. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 64 (8): 155-318 - get paper here Bons, J. 1959. Les lacertiliens du sud-ouest Marocain; systematique, repartition geographique, ethologie, ecologie. Instit. Sci. Cherifien, Rabat, Trav. (Ser. Zool.) no. 18 130 pp. Boulenger, George A. 1891. Catalogue of the reptiles and batrachians of Barbary (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), based chiefly upon the notes and collections made in 1880-1884 by M. Fernand Lataste. Tr. Zool. Soc. 13: 93-164 Damas-Moreira, Isabel, Beatriz Tome, James Harris, Joao P. Maia and Daniele Salvi. 2014. Moroccan herpetofauna: distribution updates. Herpetozoa 27 (1/2): 96-102 - get paper here Harris, D. James; Vasco Batista, Petros Lymberakis and Miguel A. Carretero 2004. Complex estimates of evolutionary relationships in Tarentola mauritanica (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) derived from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30 (3): 855-859 - get paper here Joger U. 1984. Taxonomische Revision der Gattung Tarentola (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 35 (1-3): 129-174 - get paper here Joger, Ulrich & Ismail Bshaenia 2010. A new Tarentola subspecies (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) endemic to Tunisia. Bonn Zool. Bull. 57 (2): 267–274 - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1947. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gekkondiae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 98: 1-469 - get paper here Martínez del Mármol, Gabriel; D. James Harris, Philippe Geniez, Philip de Pous, and Daniele Salvi 2019. Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 478 pp - get paper here Mouane, A., Harrouchi, A. K., Ghennoum, I., Sekour, M., & Chenchouni, H. 2024. Amphibian and reptile diversity in natural landscapes and human-modified habitats of the Sahara Desert of Algeria: A better understanding of biodiversity to improve conservation. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 12(1) - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Rouag R, Ziane N, De Sousa M 2024. A tentative list of reptilian fauna of Algeria and their conservation status. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e120471 - get paper here Scheler, Benjamin 2023. Haltung, Vermehrung und Vergesellschaftung des Wüsten-Mauergeckos Tarentola deserti Boulenger, 1891 sowie Beobachtungen aus Marokko. Sauria 45 (4): 18-28 Schleich, H.H., Kästle,W., Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp. Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here Tlili, Wided; Aymen Nefla, Michel Delaugerre, Ridha Ouni, Saïd Nouira 2014. Factors determining Gekkotan (Reptilia, Sauria) distribution in Tunisia (North Africa). Acta Herpetologica 9 (2): 203-217 - get paper here Trape, J.F.; Trape, S. & Chirio, L. 2012. Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. IRD Orstom, 503 pp. - get paper here
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