The genus Gallotia are the lacertids (wall lizards) of the Canary Islands. This genus consists of a group that has been evolving there ever since the first...
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Gallotia galloti, also known commonly as Gallot's lizard, the Tenerife lizard, and the Western Canaries lizard, is a species of wall lizard in the genus...
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Gallotia goliath (the Tenerife giant lizard or goliath Tenerife lizard) is an extinct giant lizard species from the island of Tenerife of the Canary Islands...
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Gran Canaria giant lizard (redirect from Gallotia stehlini)
The Gran Canaria giant lizard (Gallotia stehlini) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is found in the Canary Islands. The specific...
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La Gomera giant lizard (redirect from Gallotia gomerana)
The La Gomera giant lizard (Gallotia bravoana) is a lacertid (wall lizard) species that can be found on the island of La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands...
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Boettger's lizard (redirect from Gallotia caesaris)
Boettger's lizard (Gallotia caesaris) is a species of wall lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Canary Islands. There are two...
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El Hierro giant lizard (redirect from Gallotia simonyi machadoi)
The El Hierro giant lizard (Gallotia simonyi machadoi) is the only extant, critically endangered subspecies of Simony's giant lizard. It is endemic to...
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La Palma giant lizard (redirect from Gallotia auaritae)
The La Palma giant lizard (Gallotia auaritae) is a large wall lizard endemic to the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, currently extinct or critically...
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Tenerife speckled lizard (redirect from Gallotia intermedia)
The Tenerife speckled lizard (Gallotia intermedia) is a recently discovered lacertid (wall lizard) endemic to Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It is the...
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lizard, Gallotia atlantica LC Boettger's lizard, Gallotia caesaris LC West Canaries lizard, Gallotia galloti LC El Hierro giant lizard, Gallotia simonyi...
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Simony's giant lizard (redirect from Gallotia simonyi)
Simony's giant lizard (Gallotia simonyi) is a large species of wall lizard endemic to the island of El Hierro and nearby islet Roque Chico de Salmor in...
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Atlantic lizard (redirect from Gallotia atlantica)
The Atlantic lizard (Gallotia atlantica) is a species of lizards in the family Lacertidae. It is endemic to the eastern Canary Islands Lanzarote and Fuerteventura...
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Roque Chico de Salmor giant lizard (redirect from Gallotia simonyi simonyi)
Chico de Salmor giant lizard (Gallotia simonyi simonyi) is the extinct nominate subspecies of Simony's giant lizard (Gallotia simonyi), which was endemic...
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Antonio Mateo Miras, Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Gallotia atlantica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61500A12492064...
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Among Us, Guayota is mentioned. The Canarian lizard genus Gallotia and the species Gallotia galloti are named after the naturalist D Gallot, not after...
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Rat fossils usually occur in caves and volcanic tubes associated with Gallotia goliath. The slender-billed greenfinch (Chloris aurelioi), an extinct greenfinch...
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Palma giant lizard (Gallotia auaritae) (possibly extinct) La Gomera giant lizard (Gallotia bravoana) Tenerife speckled lizard (Gallotia intermedia) Hierro...
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2000). "Endemism, Gigantism and Extinction in Island Lizards: The Genus Gallotia on the Canary Islands". Journal of Zoology. 250 (3): 373–388. doi:10...
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endemic species including the critically endangered El Hierro giant lizard (Gallotia simonyi), for which there is a captive breeding programme, allowing its...
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Lacertidae can range between zero (e.g. Meroles anchietae) and 32 (e.g. Gallotia galloti) per limb. Also, shrub-climbing species tend to have fewer femoral...
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La Palma giant lizard (Gallotia auaritae) perhaps the largest living lacertid outsized even Gran Canaria giant lizard (Gallotia stehlini). However, on...
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(such as falcons) and reptiles. Some interesting endemic animals are the Gallotia lizards and the blind Munidopsis polymorpha crabs found in the Jameos del...
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Contomastix vittata Okoloma worm lizard (Cynisca gansi) La Palma giant lizard (Gallotia auaritae) Magdalena scaly-eyed gecko (Lepidoblepharis miyatai) Cranwell's...
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than 9 cm long, excluding the tail, although the largest living species, Gallotia stehlini, reaches 46 cm, and some extinct forms were larger still. They...
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endemic reptile species are found in the park: the Canary Island lizard (Gallotia galloti galloti), the Canary Island wall gecko (Tarentola delalandii),...
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Canaries were inhabited by prehistoric animals including the giant lizard (Gallotia goliath), the Tenerife and Gran Canaria giant rats, and giant tortoises...
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for 130 years. La Gomera giant lizard (Gallotia bravoana), rediscovered in 1999. La Palma giant lizard (Gallotia auaritae), thought to have been extinct...
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believed extinct until rediscovered in 2007 Western Canaries lizard (Gallotia galloti subspecies palmae) Graja (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus), subspecies...
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caboverdiano, Chioninia coctei (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) y el lagarto de Salmor, Gallotia simonyi (Steindachner, 1889). Bol. Asoc. Herpetol. Esp. Vol. 31 (2), pgs...
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terraces. The cave is rich in fossils of the "Canarian megafauna". Bones of Gallotia goliath and Canariomys bravoi, an extinct giant lizard and rat, respectively...
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