Tarentola ephippiata

This gecko of very squat aspect has a rough skin. The color is in tons of beige-pink, with large spots irregular (on the back and the head) black, gray and maroon.

Geographical distribution

Subspecies

  • Tarentola ephippiata hoggarensis , Werner, 1937

  • Tarentola ephippiata nikolausi , Joger, 1984
  • Tarentola ephippiata senegambiae , Joger, 1984
  • Tarentola ephippiata ephippiata , O' Shaughnessy, 1875

Climatic parameters

Breeding in captivity

Food

Behavior

Maturity

Sexage

Reproduction

Layings

Incubation

The small ones

See too

Photos :

  • Gekkota.com

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Références :

  • Werner, F. 1937 Über Reptilien aus dem Hoggar-Gebirge. Zool. Anz. 118:31 - 35
  • Schleich, H.H., Kästle, W., Kabisch, K. 1996 Amphibians and Reptiles off North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp.
  • Rösler, H. 2000 Kommentierte Liste DER rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2:28 - 153
  • Rödel, Mr. O., Grabow, K., Hallermann, J. & Böckheler, C. 1997 Die Echsen of Comoé-Nationalparks, Elfenbeinküste. Salamandra 33 (4): 225-240
  • Pauwels, Ol. & Meirte, D. 1996 Contribution to the knowledge off the Gambian herpetofauna. Br. Herp. Bull plowshare. No 56:27 - 34
  • Pasteur, G. 1959 Notes preliminary on the tarentes African West (Sauriens, gekkonidés). Company of the Natural science and Physical of Morocco, (2): 41-42
  • O' Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1876 Descriptions off new species off Gekkotidae in the British Museum Collection. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 16:262 - 266
  • Joger U 1984 Taxonomische Revision der Gattung Tarentola (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 35 (1-3): 129-174
  • Grandison, A.G.C. 1961 Preliminary notes one the taxonomy off Tarentola annularis and T. ephippiata (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 38,1-14.
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1895 One the reptiles and batrachians obtained by Mr. E. Lort-Philips in Somaliland. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 16:165 - 169
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893 Notes one Tarentola americana. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 12: 204
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogs off the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
  • Barnett, Linda K. 2001 The herpetofauna off Natural Abuko Reserve, the Gambia. Herpetological Bulletin (77): 5-1
  • Atlas of the terrariophile Vol.3: the lizards . Animalia Editions, 2003. ISBN 2-9517895-2-1

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