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Maio wall gecko
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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. The species was named by Hans Hermann Schleich in 1984. The specific name maioensis refers to the island of Maio, the type locality.

Taxonomy

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

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) . Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, vol. 68, p. 95-106. (in German)

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