Tenerife gecko
{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Tenerife gecko
| image = Tarentola delalandii 79530657.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Miras, Jose Antonio Mateo; Pérez-Mellado, Valentin; Martínez-Solano, Iñigo |date=2009 |title=Tarentola delalandii |volume=2009 |page=e.T61575A12494692 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61575A12494692.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}
| genus = Tarentola
| species = delalandii
| authority = (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
| synonyms = *Platydactylus delalandii
{{small|A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836}}
| synonyms_ref = {{EMBL species|genus=Tarentola|species=delalandii}} www.reptile-database.org.
}}
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
Geographic range
T. delalandii is endemic to Tenerife and La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
Habitat
The natural habitats of T. delalandii are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas, at altitudes from sea level to {{convert|2,300|m|ft|abbr=on}}.
Reproduction
T. delalandii is oviparous. The eggs are laid under rocks.
Conservation status
T. delalandii is threatened by habitat loss.
References
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Tarentola delalandii, pp. 199, 414).
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1836). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome troisième [Volume 3]. Paris: Roret. iv + 517 pp. (Platydactylus delalandii, new species, pp. 324–325). (in French).
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. {{ISBN|978-88-89504-14-7}}.
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Category:Reptiles of the Canary Islands
Category:Reptiles described in 1836
Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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