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Tarentola annularis  (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 683044

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): White-spotted Wall Gecko [English]
  
    Ringed Wall Gecko [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderGekkota   
                               FamilyPhyllodactylidae   
                                  GenusTarentola Gray, 1825 – Wall Geckos  
                                     SpeciesTarentola annularis (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) – White-spotted Wall Gecko, Ringed Wall Gecko  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Aaron Bauer, Ph.D.  
  Notes: Professor, Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology   
  Reference for: Tarentola annularis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians ..., ed. 6.1, website (version 6.1)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Boundy, J., F. Burbrink, J. Campbell, B. Crother, K. de Quiroz, D. Frost, R. Highton, J. Iverson, F. Kraus, R. McDiarmid, J. Mendelson III, P. Meylen, R. Pyron, T. Reeder, M. Seidel, S. Tilley and D. Wake (Crother, B., ed.). Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence In Our Understanding. Edition 6.1, Last updated: 24 May 2011. Available at http://www.ssarherps.org/pages/comm_names/Index.php   
  Reference for: Tarentola annularis, Ringed Wall Gecko [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)   
  Page(s):    
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  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Tarentola annularis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Krysko, Kenneth L., and Keidra J. Daniels  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Key to the Geckos (Sauria: Gekkonidae) of Florida   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Caribbean Journal of Science, vol. 41, no. 1   
  Page(s): 28-36   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0008-6452   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tarentola annularis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

    

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