''Tarentola rudis'' is a species of

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 in the family

Phyllodactylidae The Phyllodactylidae are a family of geckos (Gekkota) consisting of over 150 species in 10 genera, distributed throughout the New World, North Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The family was first delineated based on a molecular phylogenetic ...

. The species is endemic to

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, where it occurs in the southern part of the island of Santiago and on the

Ilhéu de Santa Maria Ilhéu de Santa Maria (once known as ''Quail Island'') is a small uninhabited islet of the Sotavento archipelago in Cape Verde located off the shore of the island Santiago. Like all Cape Verdean islands, the islet is of volcanic origin. The isl ...

. The species was described as a variety of ''

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 ...

'' by

George Albert Boulenger George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botani ...

in 1906 based on several specimens collected by

Leonardo Fea Leonardo Fea (Turin 24 July 1852 – Turin 27 April 1903) was an Italian explorer, zoologist, painter, and naturalist. Biography Fea was born in Turin, a son of Paolo Fea, who was professor of painting at Accademia Albertina, and Anna Roda. In ...

Taxonomy

The following former subspecies were elevated to species status in 2012:Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza,
An integrative taxonomic revision of the Tarentola geckos (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) of the Cape Verde Islands.
' Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012, vol. 164, no. 2, p. 328-360 *''Tarentola rudis boavistensis'': ''

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 ...

'' *''Tarentola rudis maioensis'': ''

Tarentola maioensis The Maio wall gecko (''Tarentola maioensis'') is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs on the island of Maio. The species was named by Hans Hermann Schleich in 1984. The specific ...

'' *''Tarentola rudis protogigas'': ''

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 ...

'' The subspecies ''Tarentola rudis hartogi'' became a subspecies of ''Tarentola protogigas'' as ''Tarentolas protogigas hartogi''.

References

rudis Geckos of Africa Endemic vertebrates of Cape Verde Reptiles described in 1906 Fauna of Santiago, Cape Verde Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger {{gecko-stub