Gallotia intermedia

Gallotia intermedia

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 intermedia

Name

Gallotia intermedia Barbadillo, Lacomba, Pérez-Mellado, Sancho & López-Jurado, 1999

• Holotype: DZUL 2450, adult ♂, collected by E. Hernández and M. Siverio on 1 May 1996.
• Type locality: “Risco de La Jaqueta in the Acantilado de Los Gigantes, elevation 25 m, (westernmost part of Tenerife) (28°15′ N, 16°50′ W)”.

Synonyms

• Galoria intermedia Hernández, Nogales & Martín 2000: 65

Native distribution areas

• Spain: Canary Islands: Tenerife Island.

References

Primary references

• Hernández, E., Nogales, M. & Martín, A. 2000. Discovery of a New Lizard in the Canary Islands, with a Multivariate Analysis of Gallotia (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Herpetologica 56(1): 63–76. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gallotia intermedia. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2022.
• Mateo Miras, J.A., Pérez-Mellado, V. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2009. IUCN: Gallotia intermedia  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61505A12494026. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61505A12494026.en. Accessed on 20 June 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Tenerife Speckled Lizard
español: Lagarto canario moteado

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