''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 ''Tarentola mauritanica'', known as the common wall gecko, is a species of gecko (Gekkota) native to the western Mediterranean area of North Africa and Europe. It has been introduced to Madeira and Balearic Islands, and the Americas (in Montevi ...

'' have been introduced worldwide.

Classification of genus ''Tarentola''

The following

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are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Tarentola albertschwartzi'' Sprackland &

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, 1998 – Jamaican giant gecko (possibly extinct) *'' Tarentola americana'' (

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, 1831) – American wall gecko **''Tarentola americana americana'' (Gray, 1831) **''Tarentola americana warreni''

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, 1968 – Warren's American wall gecko *'' Tarentola angustimentalis''

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, 1891 – Canary wall gecko *''

Tarentola annularis ''Tarentola annularis'', also known as the white-spotted wall gecko or ringed wall gecko, is a species of gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belongin ...

'' ( 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,

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& Carranza, 2012 – Bocage's wall gecko *''

Tarentola boehmei ''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 Af ...

'' 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''

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, 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 Darwin's wall gecko (''Tarentola darwini'') is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs on the islands of São Nicolau, Sal, Santiago, and Fogo. Taxonomy and etymology ''T. darwi ...

'' Joger, 1984 – Darwin's wall gecko *'' Tarentola delalandii'' (

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, 1836) – Tenerife wall gecko *''

Tarentola deserti The desert wall gecko (''Tarentola deserti'') is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. It is found in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and possibly Libya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type ...

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, 1891 – desert wall gecko *'' Tarentola ephippiata''

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, 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'' (

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, 1875) – giant wall gecko **''Tarentola gigas brancoensis'' Schleich, 1984 **''Tarentola gigas gigas'' (Bocage, 1875) *'' Tarentola gomerensis'' Joger & Bischoff, 1983 – Gomera wall gecko *'' Tarentola hoggarensis''

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, 1937 – African wall gecko *'' Tarentola maioensis'' Schleich, 1984 – Maio wall gecko *''

Tarentola mauritanica ''Tarentola mauritanica'', known as the common wall gecko, is a species of gecko (Gekkota) native to the western Mediterranean area of North Africa and Europe. It has been introduced to Madeira and Balearic Islands, and the Americas (in Montevi ...

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

, 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''

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, 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 ''Tarentola rudis'' is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs in the southern part of the island of Santiago and on the Ilhéu de Santa Maria. The species was described as a vari ...

'' Boulenger, 1906 *'' Tarentola senegambiae'' Joger, 1984 *'' Tarentola substituta'' Joger, 1984 – São Vicente wall gecko ''

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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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