''Tarentola'' is a

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gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar ...

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

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

; 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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Tarentola albertschwartzi The Jamaican giant gecko (''Tarentola albertschwartzi''), also known commonly as Schwartz's wall gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated i ...

'' Sprackland & Swinney, 1998 – Jamaican giant gecko (possibly extinct) *''

Tarentola americana The American wall gecko (''Tarentola americana'') is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cuba and the Bahamas. There are two recognized subspecies. Subspecies Including the nominotypical subspecies, t ...

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, 1831) – American wall gecko **''Tarentola americana americana'' (Gray, 1831) **''Tarentola americana warreni'' Schwartz, 1968 – Warren's American wall gecko *''

Tarentola angustimentalis The East Canary gecko or Canary wall gecko (''Tarentola angustimentalis'') is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. It is endemic to the eastern Canary Islands. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrub ...

Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...

, 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. Belong ...

'' ( É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) – ringed wall gecko **''Tarentola annularis annularis'' (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) **''Tarentola annularis relicta'' Joger, 1984 *''

Tarentola boavistensis The Boa Vista wall gecko (''Tarentola boavistensis'') is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs on the island of Boa Vista. The specific name ''boavistensis'' refers to the type ...

'' Joger, 1993 – Boavista wall gecko *''

Tarentola bocagei Bocage's wall gecko (''Tarentola bocagei'') is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs in the island of São Nicolau. The species was first described and named in 2012.Vasconcelos, ...

Vasconcelos Vasconcelos (also Vasconcellos) is a Portuguese surname. Today it can be found in Portugal, Brazil, and elsewhere in the Portuguese-speaking world. People * Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1837–1880), Portuguese Roman Catholic Archbishop of G ...

Perera Perera ( si, පෙරේරා) is a common surname found in Sri Lanka and the Iberian Peninsula. The name was introduced in Sri Lanka by the Portuguese during the period of Portuguese Ceylon, and it derives from the common Portuguese surname P ...

, Geniez,

Harris Harris may refer to: Places Canada * Harris, Ontario * Northland Pyrite Mine (also known as Harris Mine) * Harris, Saskatchewan * Rural Municipality of Harris No. 316, Saskatchewan Scotland * Harris, Outer Hebrides (sometimes called the Isle o ...

& 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 A ...

'' 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 &

Bischoff Bischoff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amaury Bischoff, French-Portuguese footballer * Anna Catharina Bischoff (1719–1787), wife of pastor Lucas Gernler * Bernard J. Bischoff (1931–1980), American politician and j ...

, 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'' Joger, 1984 – Darwin's wall gecko *''

Tarentola delalandii The Tenerife gecko (''Tarentola delalandii''), also known commonly as Delalande's gecko and the Tenerife wall gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. Etymology The specific name, ''delalandii'', is in honor of French natu ...

'' ( A.M.C. Duméril &

Bibron Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hir ...

, 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 ...

Boulenger Boulenger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Benjamin Boulenger (born 1990), French footballer * Edward George Boulenger (1888–1946), British zoologist, director of aquarium at London Zoo * George Albert Boulenger (1858–1 ...

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

O'Shaughnessy Ó Seachnasaigh, O'Shaughnessy, collectively Uí Sheachnasaigh, clan name Cinél nAedha na hEchtghe, is a family surname of Irish origin. The name is found primarily in County Galway and County Limerick. Their name derives from Seachnasach mac ...

, 1875 – African wall gecko **''Tarentola ephippiata ephippiata'' O'Shaughnessy, 1875 **''Tarentola ephippiata nikolausi'' Joger, 1984 *''

Tarentola fascicularis ''Tarentola fascicularis'', also known as Wolfgang's wall gecko or moorish gecko, is a species of gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to th ...

'' ( Daudin, 1802) – Wolfgang's wall gecko, moorish gecko *'' Tarentola fogoensis'' Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza, 2012 – Fogo wall gecko *''

Tarentola gigas The giant wall gecko (''Tarentola gigas'') is a species of gecko in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs on the island of São Nicolau and on the nearby islets of Branco and Raso. The species was na ...

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Bocage Bocage (, ) is a terrain of mixed woodland and pasture characteristic of parts of Northern France, Southern England, Ireland, the Netherlands and Northern Germany, in regions where pastoral farming is the dominant land use. ''Bocage'' may als ...

, 1875) – giant wall gecko **''Tarentola gigas brancoensis'' Schleich, 1984 **''Tarentola gigas gigas'' (Bocage, 1875) *''

Tarentola gomerensis The Gomero wall gecko or La Gomera gecko (''Tarentola gomerensis''), also known as perenquén in the Canary Islands, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. It is endemic to La Gomera. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland ...

'' Joger & Bischoff, 1983 – Gomera wall gecko *'' Tarentola hoggarensis'' F. Werner, 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 Mont ...

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 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 ''Tarentola protogigas'' is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it is found on the islands Fogo, Brava and the smaller Ilhéus Secos The species was named by Ulrich Joger in 1984. Tax ...

'' 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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