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title: "Tenerife Gecko"
description: "Tarentola delalandii — Reptielen. The Tenerife gecko (Tarentola delalandii), also known commonly as Delalande's gecko and the Tenerife wall gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/tenerife-wall-gecko
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tenerife Gecko

> Tarentola delalandii — Reptielen. The Tenerife gecko (Tarentola delalandii), also known commonly as Delalande's gecko and the Tenerife wall gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae.

- Scientific name: *Tarentola delalandii*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 1289
- Wikidata: [Q1441700](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1441700)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73966](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73966)

## Names

- en: Tenerife Wall Gecko
- de: Kanarengecko
- es: Praquén Común
- fr: Tarente de Delalande
- nl: Tenerife Gecko

## Countries with the most observations

ES (1126)

## Summary

The Tenerife gecko (Tarentola delalandii), also known commonly as Delalande's gecko and the Tenerife wall gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_gecko

## Photo

![Tenerife Gecko](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tenerife-wall-gecko/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Kenrick Gibson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166766003

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tenerife-wall-gecko?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).