Jamaican giant gecko | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
Genus: | Tarentola |
Species: | T. albertschwartzi
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Binomial name | |
Tarentola albertschwartzi
Sprackland &
Swinney, 1998
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Synonyms [2] | |
The Jamaican giant gecko (Tarentola albertschwartzi), also known commonly as Schwartz's wall gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica.
The specific name, albertschwartzi, is in honor of American herpetologist Albert Schwartz. [3]
T. albertschwartzi is only known from a single specimen uncovered in the late 1990s in a museum in Scotland; this specimen was entered into the collection in 1884 and labelled as from Jamaica. The species is possibly extinct. [2]
Jamaican giant gecko | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
Genus: | Tarentola |
Species: | T. albertschwartzi
|
Binomial name | |
Tarentola albertschwartzi
Sprackland &
Swinney, 1998
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
The Jamaican giant gecko (Tarentola albertschwartzi), also known commonly as Schwartz's wall gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica.
The specific name, albertschwartzi, is in honor of American herpetologist Albert Schwartz. [3]
T. albertschwartzi is only known from a single specimen uncovered in the late 1990s in a museum in Scotland; this specimen was entered into the collection in 1884 and labelled as from Jamaica. The species is possibly extinct. [2]