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Issue: Vol. 1743 No. 1: 7 Apr. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-04-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1743.1.4
Page range: 43–52
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 1

A new gecko of the genus Tarentola (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Cuba

Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba. Apartado Postal 2349, La Habana 2, CP 10 200
Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Lab, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Reptilia Caribbean Cryptic species Lizard Reptile Squamata West Indies

Abstract

A new, diminutive, and cryptic species of the genus Tarentola (T. crombiei sp. n.) is described from the arid south coast of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantánamo provinces in eastern Cuba. Specimens of this species have been in collections for nearly 100 years but its close resemblance to sympatric Tarentola americana delayed its detection. It differs from that species in body size, scalation, clutch size, and molecular phylogeny.

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