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Name

Tarentola mauritanica

common wall gecko

Framing

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Lacertilia

Family: Phyllodactylidae

Genus: Tarentola

Species: mauritanica

Habitat

It inhabits rocky and stony ground as well as walls and other human buildings in the countryside, towns and cities.

Feeding

Carnivorous. Insectivorous predator

Distribution

Western Mediterranean in origin, but introduced elsewhere.

Conservation status

Least Concern (LC), with stable population trend

Additional information

Robust appearance. Broad head well differentiated from the body. Fingers markedly dilated at the ends. Body dorsally with 10-14 longitudinal rows of prominent tubercles.

Additional information

Bibliography

- Pleguezuelos J. M., R. Márquez y M. Lizana, (eds.) 2002. Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Anfibios y Reptiles de España. Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza-Asociación Herpetológica Española (2ª impresión), Madrid, 587 pp. - Salvador, A. (2016). Salamanquesa común - Tarentola mauritanica. En: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Salvador, A., Marco, A. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. - Salvador A., Pleguezuelos J. M., Reques R. 2021. Guía de los Anfibios y Reptiles de España. Asociación Herpetológica Española. 345 pp. ISBN: 9788492199976