Böhme's Gecko

Boehme's Gecko ( Tarentola boehmei ) is a lizard from the subordination of Gecko -like.

Features

The males reach a head -body length of 81.5 mm, the females of 73 mm. Compared with Tarentola deserti the kind of small, has is on the back much less pronounced tubercles and nostril and rostral touch. Tarentola boehmei has shed higher values ​​than Tarentola mauritanica. To the center of its body are 133-177 shed. Of the first toe are 13 to 15, with 16 to 18 of the fourth and the fifth 21 to 23 scales and fins. The skin appears translucent pink or yellowish. The Schwanzregenerat is pink and has a grown up like marbling.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the southwest of Morocco, in the extreme north of the Western Sahara, and possibly in Algeria. Their habitat is rocky terrain, but Boehme Gecko also populated built-up areas. She lives in rocks and low walls, ruins, villages and towns.

System

Tarentola boehmei was first described by Joger 1984. The species is named after the German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme, who first recognized its independence. Within the genus Tarentola it is placed in the subgenus Tarentola.