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Tarentola deserti (Desert Wall Gecko)

Synonyms: Tarentola mauritanica var. deserti

Wikipedia Abstract

The desert wall gecko (Tarentola deserti) is a species of lizard in the Gekkonidae family.It is found in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and possibly Libya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, freshwater spring, rocky areas, hot deserts, rural gardens, and urban areas.
View Wikipedia Record: Tarentola deserti

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  7 grams
Birth Weight [1]  1 grams
Female Weight [1]  9 grams
Egg Length [1]  0.591 inches (15 mm)
Egg Width [1]  0.512 inches (13 mm)
Gestation [1]  3 months 5 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  5
Maximum Longevity [1]  14 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.15 inches (8 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Arboreal

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
North Saharan steppe and woodlands Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Sahara desert Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Chad, Niger Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

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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
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
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