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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
European Leaf-Toed Gekko, Tarantolino
Common Names in German:
Europaischer Blattfingergecko, Europäischer Blattfingergecko
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: This species is generally found in rocky areas, such as cliffs
, boulders
and stone
walls in agricultural land
. It largely avoids areas of marquis vegetation, woodland and urban environments (although it may be encountered in abandoned houses). The females lay
two to three clutches of two eggs
annually.[1]
List of Habitats
:6Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)
12.1Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline
14.2Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Gekkota
()
- Family:
Gekkonidae
()
- Subfamily:
Gekkoninae
()
- Genus:
Euleptes
()
- Specific name:
europaea
- Gené
- Scientific name: - Euleptes europaea Gené
- Specific name:
europaea
- Gené
- Genus:
Euleptes
(
- Subfamily:
Gekkoninae
(
- Family:
Gekkonidae
(
- Infraorder:
Gekkota
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Euleptes europaea — RÖsler 2000: 78
- Euleptes europaeus — Akeret 2005
- Euleptes europaeus Bauer Et Al. 1997
- Phyllodactylus /i> (Euleptes) Wagleri Fitzinger 1843 (Nom. Subst.)
- Phyllodactylus doriae LATASTE 1877: 469 /i> (Fide Mertens & Wermuth 1960)
- Phyllodactylus europaea Kluge 1993
- Phyllodactylus europaea — Schleich, KÄstle & Kabisch 1996: 239
- Phyllodactylus europaeus — Boulenger 1885: 90
- Phyllodactylus europaeus — Engelmann Et Al 1993
- Phyllodactylus europaeus GenÉ 1839
- Phyllodactylus europaeus — Wermuth 1965: 135
- Phyllodactylus wagleri FITZINGER 1843 /i> (Nom. Subst.)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Euleptes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. europaea (European Leaf-Toed Gekko)
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Further Reading
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- Akeret (2005) Elaphe 13 (3): 57-59
- Arnold, E.N. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bauer, A.M., Good, D.A. and Branch, W.R. 1997. The taxonomy of the southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus" and the descrption of five new genera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 49: 447–497.
- Bauer et al. (1997) Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 49 (14): 447-497.
- Boulenger (1885) Catalogue of the Lizards Vol. I.
- Delaugerre et al. (1985) Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris 4e ser., sect. A (3): 709-736
- Engelmann et al. (1993) Lurche Kriechtiere Europas.
- Fitzinger (1843) Systema Reptilium.
- Gasc, J.-P., Cabela, A., Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J., Dolmen, D., Grossenbacher, K., Haffner, P., Lescure, J., Martens, H., MartÃnez-Rica, J.P., Maurin, H., Oliveira, M.E., Sofianidou, T.S., Veith, M. and Zuiderwijk, A. (eds) 1997. Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe. pp. 494 Societas Europaea Herpetologica and Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Gené (1839) Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 1:257—285
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Klemmer (1972) Natur und Museum 102: 331-335
- Lataste (1877) Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 2:467-469
- Pellegrin (1927) Compte Rendu Assoc. Franc. Avanc. Sci. Constantlne 51: 260-264.
- Schleich et al. (1996) Amph. Rept. North Africa.
- Schleich, H H., Kästle, W. and Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Corti, C., Cheylan, M. & Geniez, P. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- European Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Phyllodactylus europaeus. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.redlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2005.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2539655
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-12274
- IUCN ID: 61446
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 622980
Footnotes
- Corti, C., Cheylan, M. & Geniez, P. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
