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Tarentola raziana SCHLEICH, 1984

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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cape Verde Wall Gecko 
SynonymTarentola caboverdianus razianus SCHLEICH 1984: 101
Tarentola delalandii rudis — MERTENS 1954: 6 (part.)
Tarentola delalandii delalandii — SCHLEICH 1982: 246 (part.)
Tarentola caboverdiana raziana — JOGER 1984: 104
Tarentola caboverdiana raziana — JOGER 1993
Tarentola caboverdiana — MATEO et al. 1997: 8
Tarentola (Makariogecko) caboverdiana raziana — CARRANZA et al. 2000
Tarentola raziana — VASCONCELOS et al. 2012: 347 
DistributionBranco (Carranza et al., 2000), Sta. Luzia, Raso [= Razo] (Cape Verde Islands)

Type locality: Sta. Luzia (Cape Verde Islands)  
Reproductionoviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: ZSM 133/1981/01 (given as ZSM 01.133/81 in the original description) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (raziana): Smallest Cape Verdean wall-gecko (maximum SVL <60 mm, on average 49.3 mm; Appen- dix 2), eye/ear opening ratio > 2 (Schleich, 1987); ear– eye/eye–snout distance ratio clearly ≤ 1 (Schleich, 1987). Nine to 11 supralabials (often ten) and seven to nine infralabials (often eight or nine) (Schleich, 1987); seven to ten enlarged lamellae under the 4th finger; 116–156 midbody scales (Joger, 1984b); oval to round conical and saddle-like more-or-less keeled dorsal tubercles (Fig. 5B2) with 16–18 longitudinal lines (Schleich, 1987); no tubercles between the eye and the ear opening. Snout particularly pointed and forehead concave. Dorsal pattern with only three (sometimes four) symmetrical butterfly- or X-shaped broad dark dorsal crossbands often lined with whitish tubercles posteriorly (Figs 6B2, 7B2); light grey or beige to dark brown olive dorsal parts and cream to yellowish ventral parts; generally white labials; eye iris dark golden with a broad black horizontal band.
Besides its smaller size, it has narrower fingers, smaller number of lamellae under the first toe, and smaller number of gular scales than other Tarentola from clade B (Joger, 1984b); usually only three dorsal transverse bands (Joger, 1984b). MORPHOBANK M44995–M44500, M55699–M55714 [VASCONCELOS et al. 2012].


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CommentSynonymy after Filipe Sousa (pers. comm.) and  VASCONCELOS et al. 2012. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, Razo. 
References
  • 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
  • Jesus, J.; Brehm, A. & Harris, D.J. 2002. Relationships of Tarentola (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Cape Verde Islands estimated from DNA sequence data. Amphibia-Reptilia 23 (1): 47-54 - get paper here
  • Joger U 1993. On two collections of reptiles and amphibians from the Cape Verde Islands, with descriptions of three new taxa. COURIER FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT SENCKENBERG 159: 437-444
  • Joger, U. 1984. Die Radiation der Gattung Tarentola in Makaronesien. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 71: 91-111
  • Joger, U. 1984. Morphologische und biochemisch-immunologische Untersuchungen zur Systematik und Evolution der Gattung Tarentola (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere, 112:137-256
  • Köhler, G.; Hertz, A.; Sunyer, J.; Seipp, R. & Monteiro, A. 2007. Herpetologische Forschungen auf den Kapverden unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Kapverdischen Riesenskinks, Macroscincus coctei. Elaphe 15 (4): 62-66
  • Schleich H H 1984. Die Geckos der Gattung Tarentola der Kapverden (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). COURIER FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT SENCKENBERG 68: 95-106
  • Schleich, H.H. 1987. Herpetofauna caboverdiana. Spixiana Suppl. (12) 75 pp. - get paper here
  • Vasconcelos, R., A. Perera, P. Geniez, D. J. Harris, and S. Carranza. 2012. An integrative taxonomic revision of the Tarentola geckos (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) of the Cape Verde Islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 164 (2): 328-360 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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