Spain / Canary Islands / Tenerife, La Palma, Roque de Anaga de Dentro, Roque de Anaga de Fuera, Roque de Fasnia and Roque de Garachico. Introduced to El Hierro and Fuerteventura (between Morro Jable and Esquinzo).

Species:

Gallotia galloti  (OUDART, 1839)

Subspecies (4):

Gallotia galloti galloti  (OUDART, 1839)

Gallotia galloti eisentrauti  BISCHOFF, 1982

Gallotia galloti insulanagae  MARTIN, 1985

Gallotia galloti palmae  (BOETTGER & MÜLLER, 1914)

Synonyms:

Lacerta galloti  OUDART 1839

Lacerta galloti galloti  MERTENS 1934

Lacerta galloti palmae  MERTENS 1934

Common names:

Tenerife Lizard (English)
Westkanaren Eidechse (German)
Lagarto Tizón (Spanish)

Types:

galloti: Holotype: unlocated

eisentrauti : Holotype: ZFMK 34800, paratypes in ZFMK and MNHN

insulanagae: Holotype: DZUL (was: ZLU); Paratypes in ZFMK, ZLU and MCNSC

palmae: Holotype: ZSM 241/1913 (lost), collected by C. R. Boettger, 1913; Paratypes: ZSM

Terra Typica:

galloti: restricta (BISCHOFF 1982) Güimar, Tenerife.

eisentrauti : Bajamar, Anaga Peninsula on Tenerife.

insulanagae: Roque Fuera de Anaga, Tenerife.

palmae: La Palma.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. (1839) -  Livre quatrième: De l`ordre des lézards ou des sauriens - Seconde sous-famille. Autosaures Coelodontes. -  Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles, 5: 153-317.  

  • Bischoff, W. (1998) -  Die Reptilien der Kanarischen Inseln, der Selvagens-Inseln und des Madeira Archipels -  Bischoff, W. (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 6. - AULA-Verlag, Wiesbaden.  

  • Molina Borja, M. & Rodriguez-Dominguez, M.A. (2004) -  Evolution of biometric and life history traits in lizards (Gallotia) from the Canary islands. -  Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Berlin, 42 (1): 44-53.    

  • Cox, S.C. & Carranza, S. & Brown, R.P. (2010) -  Divergence times and colonization of the Canary Islands by Gallotia lizards. -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56 (2): 747-757.    

  • Bischoff, W. (2015) -  PAUL LOUIS OUDART (1796-1860) und seine „Planche unique“ – Anmerkungen zum Autorennamen von Lacerta galloti.  -  Die Eidechse, Magdeburg/Hamburg, 26 (1): 27-30.   

 
 

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Gallotia galloti: 361  pictures (see subspecies level)

 
 
 

Gallotia galloti galloti  © 2011 Rune Stegmann Hansen