Tarentola gigas, BRANCOENSIS SCHLEICH, 1984

Vasconcelos, Raquel, Perera, Ana, Geniez, Philippe, Harris, D. James & Carranza, Salvador, 2012, An integrative taxonomic revision of the Tarentola geckos (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) of the Cape Verde Islands, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164 (2), pp. 328-360 : 351-352

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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00768.x

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10544384

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Tarentola gigas
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TARENTOLA GIGAS BRANCOENSIS SCHLEICH, 1984

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Tarentola gigas brancoensis Schleich, 1984: 104 (holotype: ZSM 01.362/78, Branco Islet; paratypes: 02.- 06.362/78, 01.-12.19/82, same data), 1987: 49, 1996: 124; Carranza et al., 2000: 641, 2002: 247; López- Jurado et al., 2005: 101; Frazen & Glaw, 2007: 220.

Tarentola borneensis: Gray, 1845: 165 (part.) (Borneo ex errore pro Branco, following Joger, 1984b); Joger, 1985: 307

Tarentola gigas: Angel, 1937: 1695 (part.); Mateo et al., 1997: 9, 11 (part.)

Tarentola delalandii gigas: Loveridge, 1947: 330 (part.); Greer, 1976: 702 (part.); Schleich, 1980: 147 (part.); Schleich, 1982b: 82 (part.); Schleich & Wuttke, 1983: 83

Tarentola delalandii gigas: Schleich, 1982a: 246 (part.)

Tarentola borneensis gigas: Joger, 1984b: 100

Tarentola borneensis borneensis: Joger, 1993: 443

Specimens examined: Two voucher specimens (Appendix 1).

Additional material and references: Schleich (1980: 147) refers to ZSMH 362/1978 (unknown islet); Joger (1984b: 100) to BMNH 1946.8.25.79-80 (Branco islet); Schleich (1987: 49) to ZSM 01.362/78; 02.-06.362/78, 01.-12.19/82 (Branco Islet); Frazen & Glaw (2007: 220) to ZSM 362/1978/1 (female, Branco Islet, given as ZSM 01.362/ 78 in the original description), ZSM 362/1978/2-8 (five adults, two juveniles, same data, given as ZSM 02.-06.362/ 78 in the original description), ZSM 19/1982/1-7 (seven individuals, same data, given as ZSM 01.-12.19/ 82 in the original description). Diagnosis: Giant gecko with SVL above 100 mm [maximum SVL 113 mm, 98.0 mm on average ( Schleich, 1987)].

It differs from T. g. gigas by its smaller body mass, by the ratio between the width and length of the fourth toe being generally higher than 1:5, by presenting a lower scale count around midbody (160–195 versus 180–213) and a shorter snout ( Schleich, 1984; Joger, 1984b).

Distribution: Branco Islet, Cape Verde.

Genetic and phylogeographic remarks: See T. gigas , above.

Conservation status: Listed as Endangered and so in need of urgent protection under the criteria of the First Red List of Cape Verde ( Schleich, 1996). The Cape Verde authorities later considered the status of this population as Endangered ( Anonymous, 2002).

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Phyllodactylidae

Genus

Tarentola

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Tarentola gigas

Vasconcelos, Raquel, Perera, Ana, Geniez, Philippe, Harris, D. James & Carranza, Salvador 2012
2012
Loc

Tarentola borneensis borneensis:

Joger U 1993: 443
1993
Loc

Tarentola gigas brancoensis

Frazen M & Glaw F 2007: 220
Carranza S & Arnold EN & Mateo JA & Geniez P 2002: 247
Carranza S & Arnold EN & Mateo JA & Lopez-Jurado LF 2000: 641
Schleich HH 1984: 104
1984
Loc

Tarentola borneensis gigas: Joger, 1984b: 100

Joger U 1984: 100
1984
Loc

Tarentola

Schleich HH 1982: 246
1982
Loc

Tarentola delalandii gigas: Loveridge, 1947: 330

Schleich HH & Wuttke M 1983: 83
Schleich HH 1982: 82
Schleich HH 1980: 147
Greer AE 1976: 702
Loveridge A 1947: 330
1947
Loc

Tarentola gigas:

Mateo JA & Garcia-Marquez M & Lopez-Jurado LF & Pether J 1997: 9
Angel F 1937: 1695
1937
Loc

Tarentola borneensis:

Joger U 1985: 307
Gray JE 1845: 165
1845
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