''Tarentola'' is a

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s, commonly known as wall geckos. They are native to lands on both sides of the

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; on the western side they can be found in the

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, while on the eastern side they can be found in mainland

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, and the

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region. However, some species such as '' T. mauritanica'' have been introduced worldwide.

Classification of genus ''Tarentola''

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and

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are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Tarentola albertschwartzi'' Sprackland & Swinney, 1998 – Jamaican giant gecko (possibly extinct) *'' Tarentola americana'' ( Gray, 1831) – American wall gecko **''Tarentola americana americana'' (Gray, 1831) **''Tarentola americana warreni'' Schwartz, 1968 – Warren's American wall gecko *'' Tarentola angustimentalis'' Steindachner, 1891 – Canary wall gecko *'' Tarentola annularis'' ( É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) – ringed wall gecko **''Tarentola annularis annularis'' (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) **''Tarentola annularis relicta'' Joger, 1984 *'' Tarentola boavistensis'' Joger, 1993 – Boavista wall gecko *'' Tarentola bocagei'' Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza, 2012 – Bocage's wall gecko *'' Tarentola boehmei'' Joger, 1984 – Morocco wall gecko *'' Tarentola boettgeri'' Steindachner, 1891 – Boettger's wall gecko **''Tarentola boettgeri boettgeri'' Steindachner, 1891 **''Tarentola boettgeri bischoffi'' Joger, 1984 **''Tarentola boettgeri hierrensis'' Joger &

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, 1983 *'' Tarentola caboverdiana'' Schleich, 1984 – Cape Verde wall gecko *'' Tarentola chazaliae'' ( Mocquard, 1895) – helmethead gecko *'' Tarentola crombiei'' Díaz & Hedges, 2008 – Crombie's wall gecko Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Tarentola boettgeri'', p. 29; ''T. crombei'', p. 62; ''T. darwini'' p. 65). *'' Tarentola darwini'' Joger, 1984 – Darwin's wall gecko *'' Tarentola delalandii'' ( A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836) – Tenerife wall gecko *'' Tarentola deserti'' Boulenger, 1891 – desert wall gecko *'' Tarentola ephippiata'' O'Shaughnessy, 1875 – African wall gecko **''Tarentola ephippiata ephippiata'' O'Shaughnessy, 1875 **''Tarentola ephippiata nikolausi'' Joger, 1984 *'' Tarentola fascicularis'' ( Daudin, 1802) – Wolfgang's wall gecko, moorish gecko *'' Tarentola fogoensis'' Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza, 2012 – Fogo wall gecko *'' Tarentola gigas'' ( Bocage, 1875) – giant wall gecko **''Tarentola gigas brancoensis'' Schleich, 1984 **''Tarentola gigas gigas'' (Bocage, 1875) *'' Tarentola gomerensis'' Joger & Bischoff, 1983 – Gomera wall gecko *'' Tarentola hoggarensis'' F. Werner, 1937 – African wall gecko *'' Tarentola maioensis'' Schleich, 1984 – Maio wall gecko *'' Tarentola mauritanica'' (

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, 1758) – moorish gecko **''Tarentola mauritanica juliae'' Joger, 1984 **''Tarentola mauritanica mauritanica'' (Linnaeus, 1758) **''Tarentola mauritanica pallida'' Geniez et al., 1999 *'' Tarentola mindiae'' S. Baha El Din, 1997 – Qattara gecko *'' Tarentola neglecta'' Strauch, 1887 – Algerian wall gecko **''Tarentola neglecta geyri'' Joger, 1984 **''Tarentola neglecta lanzai'' Bshaena & Joger, 2013 **''Tarentola neglecta neglecta'' Strauch, 1887 *'' Tarentola nicolauensis'' Schleich, 1984 – São Nicolau wall gecko *'' Tarentola panousei'' Pasteur, 1959 *'' Tarentola parvicarinata'' Joger, 1980 – Sierra Leone wall gecko *'' Tarentola pastoria'' J.-F. Trape, S. Trape & Chirio, 2012 *'' Tarentola protogigas'' Joger, 1984 **''Tarentola protogigas hartogi'' Joger, 1993 **''Tarentola protogigas protogigas'' Joger, 1984 *'' Tarentola raziana'' Schleich, 1984 – Raso wall gecko *'' Tarentola rudis'' Boulenger, 1906 *'' Tarentola senegambiae'' Joger, 1984 *'' Tarentola substituta'' Joger, 1984 – São Vicente wall gecko ''

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'': A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than ''Tarentola''.

Classification of genus ''Tarentola''

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