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Euleptes europaea (GENÉ, 1839)

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: European leaf-toed gecko
G: Europäischer Blattfingergecko
Italian: tarantolino 
SynonymPtyodactylus caudivolvolus GRAVENHORST 1832: 24 (nom. nud.)
Phyllodactylus europaeus GENÉ 1839: 263
Phyllodactylus (Euleptes) wagleri FITZINGER 1843 (nom. subst.)
Phyllodactylus doriae LATASTE 1878: 469 (fide MERTENS & WERMUTH 1960)
Phyllodactylus europaeus — BOULENGER 1885: 90
Phyllodactylus europaeus — MERTENS & MÜLLER 1940
Phyllodactylus europaeus — WERMUTH 1965: 135
Phyllodactylus europaeus — RIEPPEL & SCHNEIDER 1981
Phyllodactylus europaea — KLUGE 1993
Phyllodactylus europaeus — ENGELMANN et al 1993
Phyllodactylus europaea — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 239
Euleptes europaeus — BAUER et al. 1997
Euleptes europaea — RÖSLER 2000: 78
Euleptes europaeus — AKERET 2005
Euleptes europaea — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Euleptes europaea — SPEYBROECK et al. 2020 
DistributionItaly (Sardinia and other islands, Liguria, Tuscany, Sicily), S France (incl. Corsica, Pendus, Iles d´Hyere, other islands), Tyrrhenis Islands,
Tunisia (Galite = Galita archipelago), Galitone, Aguglia, Cani,
Tunisia

Type locality: Sardinia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1920.1.20.88 (and possibly additional specimens). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2893 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: fide Wermuth 1965 and Rösler et al. 2018.

Distribution: Extinct from Galitone and Cani islets (Tunisia) [M. Delaugerre, pers. comm., 6 Aug 2013].

Behavior: Nocturnal.

Type species: Phyllodactylus (Euleptes) wagleri FITZINGER 1843 is the type species of the genus Euleptes FITZINGER 1843: 9. The genus Euleptes has been resurrected by Bauer et al. 1997. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality.

The genus was named after the Greek eu- (true or very) and leptos (small, thin, or delicate), apparently in reference to the overall shape and size of the type species, although this was not made explicit by Fitzinger (1843). The generic name is feminine. 
References
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