Striped Canary Island Gecko

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Striped Canary Island Gecko
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Striped Canary Island Gecko ( Tarentola boettgeri )

Systematics
Superordinate : Scale lizards (Lepidosauria)
Order : Scale reptiles (Squamata)
without rank: Geckos (gekkota)
Family : Leaf finger geckos (Phyllodactylidae)
Genre : Tarentola
Type : Striped Canary Island Gecko
Scientific name
Tarentola boettgeri
Steindachner , 1891
Canary Islands, distribution area of ​​the striped Canary Gecko in red

The striped Canary Island gecko ( Tarentola boettgeri ) is a species of gecko from the family Phyllodactylidae . It is endemic to some of the Canary Islands .

features

The striped Canary Island gecko is the smallest and most delicate gecko in the Canary Islands. Its head-torso length is usually less than 60 millimeters, with a maximum of 76 millimeters. It is dark medium brown to gray-brown in color. There is always a light vertical stripe in the middle of the back, but no tubercle scales. The tubercles of the back and tail are smooth or only slightly keeled and small. The iris is light blue-gray and has a metallic sheen.

Occurrence

The species is found on Gran Canaria , El Hierro including two small islands at the northwest end and three of the Selvagens Islands . The striped Canary Island gecko can be found on Gran Canaria from sea level up to 1000 meters above sea level, possibly up to 1500 meters above sea level, on El Hierro up to 500 meters. The species colonizes stony habitats such as cairns, is sometimes found in houses and is considered common, especially near the coast.

Way of life

The biology of the species has hardly been studied. It is predominantly nocturnal. Eggs were laid in the terrarium on El Hierro from early May to early September, on Gran Canaria from March to late August. It is assumed that the females usually lay one, rarely two eggs once or twice a season in the sand under stones. There is still no information about nutrition. The barn owl is a predator .

supporting documents

  • Dieter Glandt: Pocket dictionary of amphibians and reptiles in Europe. Quelle & Meyer Verlag, Wiebelsheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-494-01470-8 , pp. 536-537.

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