Salvador Carranza, E. N. Arnold, José Antonio Mateo, Philippe Géniez,
... gecko Geckonia chazaliae is a member of the Tarentola clade, being most closely related to the species ... western Canary and Cape Verde islands. Relationships in Tarentola as a whole are as follows: (T. americana (( ... positive support for the monophyly of the subgenera Tarentola s. str. and Makariogecko. The latter includes Geckonia and the subgenus Sahelogecko. Continental Tarentola appear to have invaded the Sahara desert from ... The evolution of such features indicates that, although Tarentola is generally very uniform and may have been ...
Tópico(s): Amphibian and Reptile Biology
2002 - Elsevier BV | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Catarina Rato, Salvador Carranza, D. James Harris,
The pronounced morphological conservatism within Tarentola geckos contrasted with a high genetic variation in North Africa, has led to the hypothesis that this group could represent a ... relationships between and within all Mediterranean species of Tarentola, placing the genealogies obtained into a temporal framework. ... RAG2) for 384 individuals of all known Mediterranean Tarentola species, so that their evolutionary history could be ... used in this analysis. The phylogeny obtained for Tarentola presents deep branches, with T. annularis, T. ephippiata ...
Tópico(s): Amphibian and Reptile Biology
2012 - Springer Science+Business Media | BMC Evolutionary Biology
Beatriz Tomé, Catarina Rato, D. James Harris, Ana Perera,
... of 6 species of the wall gecko genus Tarentola from European and African countries adjacent to the ... results from the phylogenetic analysis showed that within Tarentola, the detected parasites are comprised of at least ... ones previously known from individuals of the genus Tarentola and other species of geckos but also with ... and rodents. Clade C included a sample from Tarentola angustimentalis of the Canary Islands. This sequence is ... of geckos. Our results show that geckos of Tarentola spp. harbor a great diversity of hemogregarines but ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2016 - American Society of Parasitologists | Journal of Parasitology
Raquel Vasconcelos, Salvador Carranza, D. James Harris,
Abstract Aim To reassess the relationships between Tarentola geckos from the Cape Verde Islands by including specimens from all islands in the range. To determine the variation within forms by sequencing ... Methods A total of 405 new specimens of Tarentola geckos were collected from nine islands with very ... relationships between all known forms of Cape Verdean Tarentola specimens were estimated for the first time, the ... genetic diversity of this group. Main conclusions The Tarentola radiation was clarified and is clearly associated with ...
Tópico(s): Genetic diversity and population structure
2010 - Wiley | Journal of Biogeography
... DIN, S.M. 1997. A new species of Tarentola (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Desert of Egypt. ... 46(1): 30–35. A new species of Tarentola is described from the Western Desert of Egypt. The species belongs to the subgenus Tarentola. Morphologically, it differs from other members of the ... with at least one other member of the Tarentola subgenus. Hitherto, the species is only known from ...
Tópico(s): Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
1997 - Taylor & Francis | African Journal of Herpetology
António Brehm, José Jesus, D. James Harris,
Abstract Thirteen specimens of Tarentola from the Cape Verde islands were sequenced for 695 base pairs of 12S rRNA and cytochrome b mitochondrial genes, and ... relationships previously proposed. We report the presence of Tarentola gigas Bocage, 1875 on São Nicolau and Tarentola caboverdiana nicolauensis Schleich, 1984 on São Vicente. This ...
Tópico(s): Amphibian and Reptile Biology
2002 - Brill | Amphibia-Reptilia
Raquel Vasconcelos, Ana Perera, Philippe Géniez, D. James Harris, Salvador Carranza,
... using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences indicate that the Tarentola geckos from the Cape Verde archipelago originated from ... show some incongruences with the current taxonomy of Tarentola from the Cape Verde Islands, with some species ... level. Moreover, an identification key for the genus Tarentola from the Cape Verde archipelago is presented. This ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
2012 - Oxford University Press | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Michel Bertrand, Walter P. Pfliegler, Arnold Sciberras,
... Maltese populations of the common Mediterranean wall gecko, Tarentola mauritanica, were found to be simultaneously infested by ... Basin, these species were described notably on Phyllodactylidae (Tarentola). Most of them belong to the group I ... to the most recent knowledge on the genus Tarentola. The host being primarily African, the possible African ...
Tópico(s): Bird parasitology and diseases
2012 - EDP Sciences | Acarologia
Matthew K. Vickaryous, G. Meldrum, Anthony P. Russell,
... only known for two genera of gekkotans (geckos): Tarentola and Gekko. Here, we investigate their sequence of ... loss. Osteoderms were present in all species of Tarentola sampled (Tarentola annularis, T. mauritanica, T. americana, T. crombei, T. ... structures in other positions across the head. In Tarentola and G. gecko, discontinuous clusters subsequently form dorsal ...
Tópico(s): Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
2015 - Wiley | Journal of Morphology
Zeev Arad, Amir Schwarzbaum, Yehudah L. Werner,
... heat exposure were studied in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica, from Crete. In association with previous indications ... the closely related Israeli gecko, Ptyodactylus guttatus. However, Tarentola is more susceptible to heat exposure and has ... significantly lower heating rate than cooling rate in Tarentola. This is in accord with allometric predictions for ...
Tópico(s): Physiological and biochemical adaptations
1997 - Brill | Amphibia-Reptilia
Robert Sprackland, Geoffrey N. Swinney,
... A new species of gecko of the genus Tarentola is described from a single specimen in the ... clearly a member of the predominantly African genus Tarentola , the new species bears no specific affinity with ... for this new species, and it is named Tarentola albertschwartzi . Its possible relationship to the fossil Aristelliger ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
1998 - Wiley | Journal of Zoology
Wafaa I. M. Alturk, Eraqi R. Khannoon,
... lamellae. Here we investigate the embryonic development of Tarentola mauritanica and establishing its embryonic table. Primarily we ... integument. This is a closely related species to Tarentola annularis and it is crucial to investigate whether ... epidermal layers. Generally, our results show the genus Tarentola to have the advantage of being a unique ...
Tópico(s): Skin and Cellular Biology Research
2020 - Wiley | Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution
Virginie Levrat-Calviac, Louise Zylberberg,
... and cytological analysis reveals that the osteoderms of Tarentola mauritanica are composed of an outer part superimposed ... two different mineralizing systems in the osteoderms of Tarentola mauritanica may reflect two different organic matrices. The ...
Tópico(s): Collagen: Extraction and Characterization
1986 - Wiley | American Journal of Anatomy
... of the lowaltitude populations of the Tenerife gecko (Tarentola delalandii) is analyzed and depicted by multivariate ordination ... testing; population phylogenesis; ecogenetics; resampling; simultaneous Mantel tests; Tarentola delalandii.]
Tópico(s): Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
1991 - Oxford University Press | Systematic Biology
D. James Harris, Vasco Batista, Petros Lymberakis, Miguel Á. Carretero,
... 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA) sequences were analysed within Tarentola mauritanica and other selected species of Tarentola. Several highly genetically distinct lineages occur in North ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
2003 - Elsevier BV | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Samir Ahboucha, Abdelhadi Laalaoui, M. Didier‐Bazes, Michelle Fèvre Montange, Howard M. Cooper, Halima Gamrani,
... of lizards: Eumeces algeriensis, Scincoidae; Agama impalearis, Agamidae; Tarentola mauritanica, Gekkonidae. In the species studied, the different ... the relatively advanced phylogenetic level of Eumeces. In Tarentola, relatively few GFAP-expressing glial cells are observed, ... in Agama exhibits characteristics intermediate between Eumeces and Tarentola, a feature which is discordant with the relatively ...
Tópico(s): Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
2003 - Wiley | The Journal of Comparative Neurology
Luis M. Díaz, S. Blair Hedges,
... new, diminutive, and cryptic species of the genus Tarentola (T. crombiei sp. n.) is described from the ... 100 years but its close resemblance to sympatric Tarentola americana delayed its detection. It differs from that ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Reproduction
2008 - Q15088586 | Zootaxa
Karl B. Andrée, Jan Axtner, Mark J. Bagley, E. J. BARLOW, Trevor J. C. Beebee, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Eldredge Bermingham, Marie‐Catherine Boisselier‐Dubayle, Christine A. Bozarth, Christopher P. Brooks, Richard P. Brown, Gaetano Catanese, Stephen Cavers, Ivania Cerón‐Souza, Solomon T. C. Chak, MH Chan, P. Charles-Dominique, Chao Chen, J.D. Chen, LEAH CHINCHILLA, D. DA SILVA, Stéphanie Dafreville, Francis Daunt, Hélène Delatte, Tsering Dorge, Neil Duncan, Jean‐Dominique Durand, David D. Duvernell, Matt C. Estep, Sigang Fan, Reza Fattahi, Oscar Flores‐Villela, Yok-King Fong, H. FRÉVILLE, Victoria Funes, Cristian Gallardo‐Escárate, K. N. Ganeshaiah, Mohammad Reza Ghaffari, C. Girod, Benjamín J. Gómez‐Moliner, Gracia P. González-Porter, Alberto Gosá, Francine Govers, Fabien Guérin, D. Guindo, Frank Hailer, Pilar A. Haye, Kim A. Hoelmer, Sylvia Hofmann, Yan Hong, Chaoqun Hu, Sanwen Huang, Laurence Humeau, Carlos Infante, Susan A. Jackson, E. Jacobsen, Abolfazl Jowkar, Mohsen Kafi, Maryam Jafarkhani Kermani, Hyojoong Kim, Kyung Seok Kim, Minyoung Kim, Wayne Knibb, Ousmane Koïta, Helena Korpelainen, Josie Lambourdière, Eloisa Lasso, Raphaël Leblois, Hang Lee, Seunghwan Lee, Frederick C. Leung, Kmy Leung, Chunhong Li, Yanxia Li, Dietmar Lieckfeldt, Miguel Lizana, W. J. Loughry, Peng Luo, Ma JOSÉ MADEIRA, Pezhman Mahmoodi, Jesús E. Maldonado, Mohsen Mardi, O. Mendes, Georg Miehe, Peter Muth, D. NACCI, L. NAVEEN KUMAR, WAI‐CHUEN NG, Thierry Pailler, Heiko K. Parzies, Laura Pérez‐Lago, Monika Pfunder, Maria Pietiläinen, Seyed Mostafa Pirseyedi, D La Porta, J. Porta‐Etessam, J. M. PORTA, S. Quilici, Fanny Rakotoarivelo, Ramesha Thimmappa, G. Ravikanth, Bernard Riéra, A. M. Risterucci, David A. Roberts, Sarah Samadi, Vanessa Sarasola-Puente, Elise Sarrazin, Corinne Sarthou, Anke Schmidt, Nicolás I. Segovia, Kang‐Ning Shen, C. SIMIAND, MUHAMMAD HIDAYAT BIN SMAN, Torstein Solhøy, Simone Sommer, R. C. Sumangala, RAMONA TAUBERT, Thanawan Tejangkura, Annika Telford, Antonino Testa, Christine Tollon‐Cordet, Wei‐Da Tzeng, R. Uma Shaanker, T. A. J. Van Der LEE, T.A. van Mourik, R. Vasudeva, TC Wai, Rong-Lin Wang, Mark E. Welch, EVA WELTZIEN, ArthurL Whitehead, Anastasia M. Woodard, Jianjun Xia, Mehrshad Zeinolabedini, LVPING ZHANG,
... Scomber colias, Semecarpus kathalekanensis, Stichopus monotuberculatus, Striga hermonthica, Tarentola boettgeri and Thermophis baileyi. These loci were cross- ... Holigarna grahamii, Holigarna beddomii, Mangifera indica, Anacardium occidentale, Tarentola delalandii, Tarentola caboverdianus and Thermophis zhaoermii.
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2010 - Wiley | Molecular Ecology Resources
Fátima Jorge, Miguel Á. Carretero, Ana Perera, D. James Harris, Vicente Roca,
... Spauligodon nicolauensis n. sp., is described from geckos Tarentola bocagei and Tarentola nicolauensis on the island of São Nicolau, Cape ... tarentolae carried by the ancestor of Cape Verde Tarentola. The analysis of nuclear DNA sequences confirms that ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
2012 - American Society of Parasitologists | Journal of Parasitology
Thomas Gübitz, Roger S. Thorpe, Anita Malhotra,
... analysed genetic and morphological variation in the gecko Tarentola boettgeri on the island of Gran Canaria and compared it with Tarentola delalandii on Tenerife, a neighbouring volcanic island of ... of mitochondrial haplotypes indicates long-term persistence of Tarentola on each island, with a phylogeographic signal left ...
Tópico(s): Amphibian and Reptile Biology
2005 - Royal Society | Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Salvador Carranza, E. N. Arnold, José Antonio Mateo, Luis Felipe López‐Jurado,
... bp, respectively) to trace migration and speciation in Tarentola geckos, a primarily North African clade which has ... of at least 6000 km. (ii) The subgenus Tarentola invaded the eastern Canary Islands relatively recently covering ...
Tópico(s): Turtle Biology and Conservation
2000 - Royal Society | Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Cristóbal Arredondo, Herman Núñez,
Tarentola mauritanica, salamanquesa común and Geco mediterráneo (in Spanish), Moorish Wall Gecko and Moorish Gecko (in English), ... in http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Tarentola&species=mauritanica).
Tópico(s): Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
2014 - | Boletín Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Eraqi R. Khannoon, Anthony P. Russell, Abigail S. Tucker,
... to claw loss, however, remain undescribed. Among geckos, Tarentola is a genus characterized by large claws on ... in particular digits. Claw reduction and loss in Tarentola result from differential intensities of apoptosis and cellular ... within autopodia makes claw reduction and loss in Tarentola an excellent vehicle for exploring the developmental mechanisms ...
Tópico(s): Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
2015 - BioMed Central | EvoDevo
Manuel Nogales, Martí López, José Jiménez-asensio, J. M. Larruga, Mariano Hernández, P. González,
... to analyze phylogenetic relationships among geckos of genus Tarentola from the Canary Islands. A surprisingly high level ... are probably responsible for the current distribution of Tarentola in the Canary Islands.
Tópico(s): Turtle Biology and Conservation
1998 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Daniel J. Paluh, Aaron H. Griffing, Aaron M. Bauer,
... only described in Gekko gecko and the genus Tarentola. A previous report of osteoderms in the Afro- ... morphology to the osteoderms of Gekko gecko and Tarentola, as well as osteoderm diversity within squamates. Osteoderms ... in scincids and gerrhosaurids, while G. gecko and Tarentola possess plate-like and granular osteoderms. Our results ...
Tópico(s): Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
2017 - Taylor & Francis | African Journal of Herpetology
Beatriz Tomé, Ana Pereira, Fátima Jorge, Miguel Á. Carretero, D. James Harris, Ana Perera,
... hosts (of three lizard genera: Gallotia, Chalcides and Tarentola) in the Canary Islands. Given haemogregarine characteristics and ... species of Gallotia across the seven islands, in Tarentola from Tenerife, La Gomera and La Palma, and ... while the other two host groups (Chalcides and Tarentola) harbored one haplotype each, with low prevalence and ...
Tópico(s): Vector-borne infectious diseases
2018 - BioMed Central | Parasites & Vectors
Ramadan M. Kandyel, Hebat Allah El Basyouny, Sahar El-Nagar, Naglaa Madkour, Diaa Massoud, Abdulrhman A. Almadiy, Bader Albogami, Saeed Alasmari, Mohamed M. A. Abumandour,
... a comprehensive ultrastructural, histochemical, and immunohistochemical examination of Tarentola annularis' tongue, utilizing various techniques such as light, ... the papillae in other regions were negative. The Tarentola annularis exhibits distinctive lingual structural characteristics due to ...
Tópico(s): Veterinary Equine Medical Research
2024 - Elsevier BV | Tissue and Cell
Enrique García-Muñoz, Catarina Rato, Fátima Jorge, Miguel Á. Carretero,
... patterns in the escape behaviour of the gecko Tarentola angustimentalis undergoing a predatory attack simulation in a " ... the Podarcis wall lizards, which share predators with Tarentola. In addition, different morphological parameters plausible to affect ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Reproduction
2013 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Catarina Rato, D. James Harris, Ana Perera, Sílvia B. Carvalho, Miguel Á. Carretero, Dennis Rödder,
... the fundamental niche evolved during cladogenesis within the Tarentola mauritanica species-complex. Our results suggest that diversification ...
Tópico(s): Amphibian and Reptile Biology
2015 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
... two species of nocturnal gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus and Tarentola mauritanica was studied. The electroretinogram of both species ... to 50 flashes per sec. are seen in Tarentola, and up to 25 flashes per sec. in ...
Tópico(s): Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
1961 - Rockefeller University Press | The Journal of General Physiology