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Continent: Caribbean
Distribution: Jamaica
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Jamaican giant gecko

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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.

Etymology

The specific name, albertschwartzi, is in honor of American herpetologist Albert Schwartz.[3]

Taxonomy

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]

References

  1. ^ Wilson, B.S.; Hedges, B. (2016). "Tarentola albertschwartzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T29456A77337835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T29456A77337835.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Tarentola albertschwartzi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tarentola albetschwartzi, p. 239).
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Jamaican giant gecko: Brief Summary

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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.

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