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Species of lizard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The giant wall gecko (Tarentola gigas) is a species of gecko in the family Phyllodactylidae.
| Giant wall gecko | |
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| T. gigas brancoensis in Cape Verde | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Tarentola |
| Species: | T. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Tarentola gigas (Bocage, 1875) | |
| Subspecies | |
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The species was named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1875.
There are two subspecies:[2]
The giant wall gecko reaches maximum 15.5 cm snout–vent length and its dorsal skin has a grey color.[2]
The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs on the island of São Nicolau and on the nearby islets of Branco and Raso.[2]
Both subspecies of the Cape Verdean T. gigas have a generalist diet, feeding on a variety of plants, vertebrates, and invertebrates (such as Coleoptera, Diptera, and more) available within their trophic environment. [3]
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