Gallotia simonyi

Gallotia simonyi

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 simonyi

Name

Gallotia simonyi (Steindachner, 1889)

• Syntypes (n=3): NHMW 16254-56, collected by O. Simony on 29 March 1889.
• Type locality: “Roques del Salmor bei Hierro (Canarische Inseln)”.

Combinations

• Lacerta simonyi Steindachner, 1889: 260 [original combination]
• Gallotia simonyi — Arnold, 1973: 350 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Gallotia simonyi machadoi López-Jurado, 1989: 266
  • Holotype: DZUL, adult ♂, collected by Carlos Naeslund in November 1985.
  • Type locality: “Fuga de Gorreta (Hierro Island)”.

Native distribution areas

• Spain: Canary Islands: El Hierro and Roque Chico de Salmor.

References

Primary references

• Steindachner, F. 1889. Über eine von Prof. O. Simony auf den Roques del Zalmor bei Hierro, Canarische inseln, entdeckte neue Eidechsenart. Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 26: 260–262. BHL Reference page. 
• López-Jurado, L.F. 1989. A new Canarian lizard subspecies from Hierro Island (Canarian archipelago). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 40(3/4): 265–272. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Carranza, S., Arnold, E.N., Thomas, R.H., Mateo, J.A. & López-Jurado, L.F. 1999. Status of the extinct giant lacertid lizard Gallotia simonyi simonyi (Reptilia: Lacertidae) assessed using mtDNA sequences from museum specimens. Herpetological Journal 9(2): 83–86. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gallotia simonyi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 June 2022.
• Mateo Miras, J.A., Pérez-Mellado, V. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2009. IUCN: Gallotia simonyi  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T8881A12935900. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T8881A12935900.en. Accessed on 18 June 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Hierro-Rieseneidechse
English: El Hierro Giant Lizard
español: Lagarto Gigante de El Hierro
français: Lézard géant de Hierro

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