Maio wall gecko

Maio wall gecko
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Phyllodactylidae
Genus:	Tarentola
Species:	T. maioensis
Binomial name
Tarentola maioensis Schleich (1984)

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.^[2] The species was named by Hans Hermann Schleich in 1984. The specific name maioensis refers to the island of Maio, the type locality.^[2]

Taxonomy

Previously a subspecies Tarentola rudis maioensis, it was elevated to species status in 2012.^[3]

References

1. Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Tarentola maioensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13152076A13152083. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152076A13152083.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Tarentola maioensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 January 2019.
3. 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

Further reading

• Schleich, 1984 : Die Geckos der Gattung Tarentola der Kapverden (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) [Geckos of the Tarentola Species in Cape Verde]. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, vol. 68, p. 95-106. (in German)