Jamaican giant gecko
Species of lizard
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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.
| Jamaican giant gecko | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
| Genus: | Tarentola |
| Species: | T. albertschwartzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Tarentola albertschwartzi Sprackland & Swinney, 1998 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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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]
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