Gallotia

Gallotia caesaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Gallotiinae
Genus: Gallotia
Species (8 + †1): G. atlantica – G. auaritae – G. bravoana – G. caesaris – G. galloti – †G. goliath – G. intermedia – G. simonyi – G. stehlini

Name

Gallotia Boulenger, 1916

• Type species: Lacerta galloti Oudart, 1839, by subsequent designation by Arnold (1973: 295).

Combinations

• Lacerta (Gallotia) Boulenger, 1916: 3 [original status, as subgenus]
• Gallotia — Arnold, 1973: 349 [subsequent status, elevate to genus]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1916. On the lizards allied to Lacerta muralis with an account of Lacerta agilis and L. parva. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 21(1): 1–104. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00480.x ; BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Barahona, F., Evans, S.E., Mateo, J.A., García-Márquez, M. & López-Jurado, L.F. 2000. Endemism, gigantism and extinction in island lizards: the genus Gallotia on the Canary Islands. Journal of Zoology 250(3): 373–388. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836900003101 Reference page. 
• Maca-Meyer, N., Carranza, S., Rando, J.C., Arnold, E.N. & Cabrera, V.M. 2003. Status and relationships of the extinct giant Canary Island lizard Gallotia goliath (Reptilia: Lacertidae), assessed using ancient mtDNA from its mummified remains. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 80(4): 659–670. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00265.x Reference page. 
• 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. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.020 Reference page. 
• Mateo, J.A., Crochet, P.-A. & Afonso, O.M. 2011. The species diversity of the genus Gallotia (Sauria: Lacertidae) during the Holocene on La Gomera (Canary Islands) and the Latin names of Gomeran giant lizards. Zootaxa 2755(1): 66–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2755.1.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gallotia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 August 2021.

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