Gran Canaria giant lizard

Gran Canaria giant lizard
On Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Gallotia
Species: G. stehlini
Binomial name
Gallotia stehlini
(Schenkel, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lacerta galloti var. stehlini
    Schenkel, 1901
  • Lacerta stehlini
    — Boulenger, 1920
  • Lacerta simonyi stehlini
    — Mertens, 1928
  • Lacerta stehlini
    — Kramer, 1979
  • Gallotia stehlini
    — Hernández et al., 2000

The Gran Canaria giant lizard (Gallotia stehlini) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

Etymology

The specific name, stehlini, is in honor of Swiss paleontologist Hans Georg Stehlin, who collected the holotype.[2]

Description

Gallotia stehlini grows to a total length (including tail) of up to 80 cm (31 in).

Geographic range

G. stehlini is endemic to Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands of Spain.[3]

Habitat

The natural habitats of G. stehlini are temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, and pastureland.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Gallotia stehlini ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gallotia stehlini, p. 252).
  3. 1 2 Miras JAM, Pérez-Mellado V, Martinez-Solano I (2005). Gallotia stehlini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.

Further reading

Gran Canaria giant lizard


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