Tarentola caboverdiana SCHLEICH, 1984
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Tarentola caboverdiana
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| Higher Taxa | Phyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Cape Verde Wall Gecko |
| Synonym | Tarentola caboverdianus caboverdianus SCHLEICH 1984 Tarentola delalandii — BOCAGE 1896: 4 (part.), 1902: 209 (part.) Tarentola delalandii var. rudis — LOVERIDGE 1947: 334 (part.) Tarentola delalandei delalandei — DEKEYSER & VILLIERS 1951: 1152 (part.) Tarentola delalandii rudis — MERTENS 1954: 6 (part.) Tarentola delalandii delalandii — SCHLEICH 1982: 246 (part.) Tarentola caboverdiana caboverdiana — JOGER 1984: 102 Tarentola caboverdianus — SCHLEICH 1984 Tarentola caboverdiana — SCHLEICH 1987 Tarentola caboverdiana caboverdiana — JOGER 1993 Tarentola caboverdianus — KLUGE 1993 Tarentola caboverdiana antoensis JOGER 1984 (nomen nudum) Tarentola (Makariogecko) caboverdiana — CARRANZA et al. 2000 Tarentola caboverdiana —VASCONCELOS et al. 2012: 348 Tarentola caboverdiana — MORAVEC 2023 |
| Distribution | Sto. Antão (Cape Verde Islands) Type locality: Sto. Antão (Cape Verde Islands) |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZSM 141/1981/3 (given as ZSM 03.141/81) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (caboverdiana): Medium-sized gecko [maximum SVL around 73.0 mm (Joger, 1993), 56.7 mm on average; Appendix 2], eye/ear opening ratio between 1.5 and 2 (Schleich, 1987); ear–eye/eye–snout distance ratio ≤ 1 (Schleich, 1987). Nine to 13 supralabials and seven to ten infralabials (Schleich, 1987); eight to ten enlarged lamellae under the 4th finger; 116–150 midbody scales (Joger, 1984b); oval to round conical and saddle-like more-or-less keeled dorsal tubercles (Fig. 5B3) with 14–16 (often 16) longitudinal lines (Schleich, 1987); no tubercles between the eye and the ear opening. Dorsal pattern with symmetrical butterfly- or X-shaped dark dorsal crossbands often lined with whitish tubercles posteriorly; vertebral stripe frequently present, but narrow and indistinct (Figs 6B3, 7B3); cream to yellow ventral parts; gen- erally white labials; eye iris blackish. It differs from other Tarentola from clades B and C by its tail length, which is smaller than SVL (Schleich, 1984). It differs from T. raziana by its larger SVL and higher number of dorsal bands; from T. substituta by its lower number of interorbital scales and by the head length being comparatively shorter than hind- limb length (Joger, 1984b). It differs from specimens from clade C by having a lower number of lamellae under the fifth toe (Joger, 1984b). MORPHOBANK M44501–M44514, M55715–M55761 [VASCONCELOS et al. 2012]. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 61 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy after Filipe Sousa (pers. comm.) and VASCONCELOS et al. 2012. Subspecies: The subspecies Tarentola caboverdianus substituta JOGER 1984 T. c. nicolauensis SCHLEICH 1984, and T. c. razianus SCHLEICH 1984 have been elevated to full species status. |
| Etymology | named after its type locality. |
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