Böhme's gecko
Tarentola boehmei Joger, 1984
Status not recordedlizards
The böhme's gecko (Tarentola boehmei) is a species in the family Phyllodactylidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 6.67 g and reach 8.65 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the böhme's gecko
- Weight
- 6.67 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 6.34 cm – 8.65 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrubland, woodlandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 75 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the böhme's gecko?
Where does the böhme's gecko live?
Not recorded
Is the böhme's gecko endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the böhme's gecko classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyPhyllodactylidae
- genusTarentola
- SpeciesTarentola boehmei Joger, 1984
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- Böhme's wall geckoEnglish
- Morocco wall geckoEnglish
- Marokkansk MurgekkoDanish
- Oued-Draa GeckoGerman
- Salamanquesa del rio DraaSpanish
- Tarente de BöhmeFrench
Relatives of the böhme's gecko
Other species in the same genus Tarentola.
Salamanquesa
Tarentola mauritanica
Helmeted gecko
Tarentola chazaliae
Canary wall gecko
Tarentola angustimentalis
Egyptian gecko
Tarentola annularis
Gran Canaria gecko
Tarentola boettgeri
La Gomera gecko
Tarentola gomerensis
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the böhme's gecko?
An adult böhme's gecko weighs 6.67 g and measures 6.34 cm – 8.65 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the böhme's gecko?
The böhme's gecko (Tarentola boehmei) belongs to the family Phyllodactylidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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