Bohemian gecko

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Bohemian gecko
Systematics
Superordinate : Scale lizards (Lepidosauria)
Order : Scale reptiles (Squamata)
without rank: Geckos (gekkota)
Family : Leaf finger geckos (Phyllodactylidae)
Genre : Tarentola
Type : Bohemian gecko
Scientific name
Tarentola boehmei
Joger , 1984

Boehmes gecko ( Tarentola boehmei ) is a lizard belonging to the suborder gecko-like .

features

The males reach a head-trunk length of 81.5 mm, the females of 73 mm. Compared to Tarentola deserti , the species is smaller, has much less pronounced tubercles on the back and the nostril and rostral touch. Tarentola boehmei has higher scale values than Tarentola mauritanica . There are 133 to 177 scales around the middle of the body . Under the first toe there are 13 to 15, under the fourth 16 to 18 and under the fifth 21 to 23 scales and lamellae. The skin appears translucent pink or yellowish. The regenerated tail is pink and has a tendril-shaped marbling.

distribution and habitat

The species occurs in southwest Morocco , in the far north of the Western Sahara and possibly in Algeria . Their habitat is rocky terrain, but Böhmes Gecko also inhabits built-up areas. She lives in rocks and low walls, ruins, villages and cities.

Systematics

Tarentola boehmei was first described by Joger in 1984 . The species is named after the German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme , who was the first to recognize its independence. Within the genus Tarentola it is placed in the subgenus Tarentola .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ulrich Joger: Taxonomic revision of the genus Tarentola (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). In: Bonn Zoological Contributions. Vol. 35, No. 1/3, 1984, ISSN  0006-7172 , pp. 129-174, digitized version (PDF; 15.84 MB) ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / zfmk.de
  2. ^ A b Philippe Geniez, Joaquin Escatllar, Pierre-André Crochet, José-Antonio Mateo, Jacques Bons: A new form of the genus Tarentola from north-western Africa (Squamata: Sauna: Gekkonidae). In: Herpetozoa. Vol. 12, No. 3/4, 1999, ISSN  1013-4425 , pp. 187–194, here p. 193, digital version (PDF; 3.28 MB) .
  3. ↑ Tarentola boehmei in the Red List of Endangered Species of the IUCN 2013.1. Submitted by: U. Joger, T. Slimani, H. El Mouden, P. Geniez, 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2013.

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