Roque Chico de Salmor Giant Lizard

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iRoque Chico de Salmor Giant Lizard
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Lacertidae
Subfamily: Gallotiinae
Genus: Gallotia
Species: G. simonyi
Subspecies: G. s. simonyi
Trinomial name
Gallotia simonyi simonyi
(Steindachner, 1889)

The Roque Chico de Salmor Giant Lizard (Gallotia simonyi simonyi) was a subspecies of the El Hierro Giant Lizard (Gallotia simonyi). It was once present on the small offshore Roque Chico de Salmor of the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands (Spain).

This subspecies was extirpated from the Roque Chico de Salmor in the 1930s through the overcollection of animals for scientific institutions and commercial interests. The Roque Chico de Salmor is now a protected area and the surviving subspecies, Gallotia simonyi machadoi (El Hierro Giant Lizard), was successfully introduced to the Roque Chico de Salmor in 1999.

[edit] References

  • European Environment Agency. 2006. Species factsheet for . European Nature Information System (EUNIS). Downloaded on 18 May 2006.
  • Maas, P.H.J. 2006. Extinctions in Europe. The Extinction Website. Downloaded on 18 May 2006.
  • Mateo Miras, J.A. & Pérez-Mellado, V. 2005. Gallotia simonyi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2006.

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