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Tarentola angustimentalis (Canary Wall Gecko)

Synonyms: Tarentola mauretanica

Wikipedia Abstract

The East Canary gecko or Canary wall gecko (Tarentola angustimentalis) is a species of lizard in the Gekkonidae family. It is endemic to the eastern Canary Islands. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, sandy shores, intertidal marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas.
View Wikipedia Record: Tarentola angustimentalis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6 grams
Female Weight [1]  6 grams
Egg Length [1]  0.512 inches (13 mm)
Egg Width [1]  0.394 inches (10 mm)
Gestation [1]  87 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  5
Maximum Longevity [1]  14 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.756 inches (7 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Terrestrial

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets Morocco, Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey Yes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Nematotaenia tarentolae[3]
Parapharyngodon micipsae[3]
Skrjabinelazia hoffmanni[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0