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Ringed Wall Gecko
Tarentola annularis (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Current SSAR Comments:
Native to northern Africa. It is established in California (Fisher et al., 2021, Herpetological Review 52: 85) and Broward, Lee, Miami-Dade, and St. Lucie counties, Florida (Bartlett, 1997, Reptilian 4: 44–50; Meshaka et al., 2004, The Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. Krieger, Melbourne, Florida; Krysko et al., 2016, Reptiles & Amphibians 23: 110–143; Rochford and Krysko, 2019, Tarantola annularis annularis. Pages 340–341 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2024.02.03.14.49.11)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1827 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne. Description des Reptiles. [Description of Reptiles.] Pages in Pages 1121-160 in Savigny, M. J. C. L. de, Description de l’Égypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches Quintana Roo ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expedition de l’Armée Française, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l’Empere. [Description of Egypt or collection of observations and research Quintana Roo were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French Army, published by the orders of his Majesty the Emperor. ] L'Imprierie Impériale., Paris, France. pp.
1997 Bartlett, Richard D. The geckos of Florida: Native and alien. Reptilian 4():44–50
2016 Krysko, Kenneth L., Louis A. Somma, Dustin C. Smith, Christopher R. Gillette, Daniel Cueva, Joseph A. Wasilewski, Kevin A. Enge, Steve A. Johnson, Todd S. Campbell, Jake R. Edwards, Michael R. Rochford, Rhyan T. Thompkins, Jeffrey L. Fobb, Scott Mullin, Christopher J. Lechowicz, Dalla Hazelton, and Alicie Warren. New verified nonindigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida through 2015, with a summary of over 152 years of introductions. Reptiles & Amphibians 23(2):110–143
2021 Fisher, Samuel R., Chelsea E. Martin, and Robert N. Fisher. Geographic distribution. Tarentola annularis. Herpetological Review 52(1):85

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