In Seufer's KEEPING AND BREEDING GECKOS, he refers to pretty much all tarentola as "wall geckos" Considering this to be one of the first books completely dedicated to geckos and their husbandry, Im assuming this is where the pet shop got "wall gecko". Most Hemi's are simply refered to as "house geckos". But you are right, common names are somtimes rediculous. Ive seen Cyrtodactylus peguensis marked "leopard gecko" more than once. And god knows how many names there are for Stenodactylus, i think ive seen about 10. Im thinking wall gecko, moorish gecko and crocidile gecko are all Tarentola, but could be completely wrong. But then again ive seen Urocotyledon wolterstorfii called a "suprise gecko", or a "scansor-tailed gecko", and ive talked to many "experienced" geckophiles who dont even know what a Urocotyledon is. So, there is such a staircase, in terms of keepers, and the level of experience, AND what we consider experience(is breeding Leopard geckos, and ONLY leopard geckos fo r 12 years considered experienced?) that it is next to impossible to hope that everyone can be on the same page in terms of names, sooo, i have no clue how to adress the problem, unless common names were completely eliminated.
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