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Tarentola
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Tarentola is a genus of geckos, commonly known as wall geckos.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. FamilyPhyllodactylidae
Observations recorded109,612

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
47
Family
Gekkonidae
Collections
MVZ, CAS, ZMUC, LACM, CUMV, FMNH
Recorded in
Somalia, Sudan, Spain, Ghana, Nigeria, Morocco, Senegal, Egypt

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Classification of genus ''Tarentola''
  • References
  • Further reading

Tarentola is a genus of geckos, commonly known as wall geckos.

They are native to lands on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean; on the western side they can be found in the West Indies, while on the eastern side they can be found in mainland Africa, Macaronesia, and the Mediterranean region. However, some species such as T. mauritanica have been introduced worldwide.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tarentola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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