Gallotia galloti

Gallotia galloti

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: Gallotia galloti
Subspecies (4): G. g. eisentrauti – G. g. galloti – G. g. insulanagae – G. g. palmae

Name

Gallotia galloti (Oudart, 1839)

• Lectotype: MNHN-RA-2744, adult ♂, collected by Webb & Berthelot in 1839. [designated by Bischoff (1982: 368)]
• Type locality: “des îles de Ténériffe et de Madère”, restricted to “Tal von Güimar, Teneriffa” by Bischoff (1982: 368).
• Paralectotype: MNHN-RA-2744-A, juvenile indet., collected by Webb & Berthelot in 1839.

Combinations

• Lacerta galloti Oudart in Webb & Berthelot, 1839: plate I. [original combination]
• Lacerta (Gallotia) galloti — Boulenger, 1916: 3 [subsequent combination]
• Gallotia galloti — Arnold, 1973: 350 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Spain: Canary Islands: Tenerife, La Palma, and the smaller islands of Roque de Anaga de Dentro, Roque de Anaga de Fuera, Roque de Fasnia and Roque de Garachico.

References

Primary references

• Webb, P.B. & Berthelot, S. 1836–1844. Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries. Tome Deuxième. Deuxième partie. Zoologie. Béthune: Paris. BHL Reference page. 
• Bischoff, W. 1982. Die innerartliche Gliederung von Gallotia galloti (Duméril & Bibron 1839) (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) auf Teneriffa, Kanarische Inseln. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 33(2-4): 363–382.
• Dubois, A. 1984. Les specimens-types de Gallotia galloti (Oudart, 1839) (reptiles, sauriens). Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon 53(1): 27–30.

Additional references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. VIII + 854 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Bischoff, W. 2015. Paul Louis Oudart (1796-1860) und seine 'Planche unique'. Anmerkungen zum Autorennamen von Lacerta galloti. Die Eidechse 26(1): 27–30.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gallotia galloti. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 August 2021.
• Mateo Miras, J.A., Pérez-Mellado, V. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2009. IUCN: Gallotia galloti  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61504A12493747. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61504A12493747.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Westkanareneidechse
English: Tenerife Lizard
español: Lagarto tizón

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