Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
La Palma Giant Lizard
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It apparently previously occurred through the littoral
zone of La
Palma, living in xerophytic
vegetation. It is presumably an egg-laying
species.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
- 6 Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
()
- Family:
Lacertidae
()
- Genus:
Gallotia
()
- Specific name:
auaritae
- Mateo, Garc?a M?rquez, L?pez Jurado & Barahona, 2001
- Scientific name: - Gallotia auaritae Mateo, Garc?a M?rquez, L?pez Jurado & Barahona, 2001 Mateo, Garc?a M?rquez, L?pez Jurado & Barahona, 2001
- Specific name:
auaritae
- Mateo, Garc?a M?rquez, L?pez Jurado & Barahona, 2001
- Genus:
Gallotia
(
- Family:
Lacertidae
(
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Gallotia simonyi ssp. auaritae
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Only known from subfossil bones. Probably extinct
.
This taxon
was originally described as a subspecies
of Gallotia
simonyi by Mateo et al. (2001), but we follow Afonso and
Mateo (2003) in treating it as a full species. There is an urgent
need to establish the identity of recently observed animals in northern
La Palma (Mínguez et al. 2007) which might represent a remnant
population of this species.[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Gallotia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. atlantica (Atlantic Lizard) · G. auaritae (La Palma Giant Lizard) · G. bravoana (La Gomera Giant Lizard) · G. caesaris (Boettger's Lizard) · G. galloti (Tenerife Lizard) · G. intermedia (Tenerife Speckled Lizard) · G. simonyi (El Hierro Giant Lizard) · G. stehlini (Gran Canaria Giant Lizard)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Afonso, O.M. and Mateo, J.A. 2003. Los lagartos gigantes canarios: conservacin creativa de poblaciones mnimas. In: Jimnez, I. and Delibes, M. (eds), Al Borde de la Extincin: Integrando Ciencia, Poltica y Sociedad en la Recuperacin de Especies Amenazadas., Evren, Valencia.
- Arnold, E.N., Arribas, O. and Carranza, S. 2007. Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizards tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera. Zootaxa, 1430: 1-86..
- Barahona, F., Evans, S.E., Mateo, J.A., Garca-Mrquez, M. and Lpez-Jurado, L.F. 2000. Endemism, gigantism and extinction in island lizards: the genus Gallotia on the Canary Islands. J. Zool. (London): 373-388.
- Bischoff, Wolfgang 2008. Hat die La Palma-Rieseneidechse berlebt? Die Eidechse 19 (1): 19-21
- IUCN. 2009. European Species on the IUCN Red List. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org/europe. (Accessed: 22 June 2009).
- Mateo, J.A., García Mrquez, M., López Jurado, L.F. and Barahona, F. 2001. Descripción del lagarto gigante de La Palma (Islas Canarias) a partir de restos subfósiles. Revista Española de Herpetología 15: 53–59.
- Mateo, J.A., Garca Mrquez, M., Lpez Jurado, L.F. and Barahona, F. 2001. Descripcin del lagarto gigante de La Palma (Islas Canarias) a partir de restos subfsiles. Revista Espaola de Herpetologa: 53-59.
- Mateo, J.A.; Garca-Marquez, M.; Lopez-Jurado, L.F. & Barahona, F. 2001. Descripcin del lagarto gigante de La Palma (Islas Canarias) a partir de restos subfsiles. Revista Espaola de Herpetologa 15: 53-59
- Mnguez, Lus Enrique; Oscar M. Afonso, Jim Pether, Jos Antonio Mateo 2007. Evidencias de la posible supervivencia del lagarto gigante de La Palma (Gallotia auaritae). Boletn de la Asociacin Herpetolgica Espaola 18: 11-13
- Mnguez, L.E., Afonso, O.M., Pether, J. and Mateo, J.A. 2007. Evidencias de la posible supervivencia del lagarto gigante de La Palma. Boletn de la Asociacin Herpetolgica Espaola 18: 11-13.
- Pleguezuelos, J.M., Mrquez, R. and Lizana, M. 2002. Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Anfibios y Reptiles de Espaa. Direccin General de la Conservacin de la naturaleza-Associacin Herpetolgica Espaola., Madrid.
- Sindaco, R. and Jeremenko, V.K. 2008. The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional atlas of the turtles, crocodiles, amphisbaenians and lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy).
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Jose Antonio Mateo Miras, Iñigo Martínez-Solano 2009. Gallotia auaritae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11052619
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-8425
- IUCN ID: 210483
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3963494
Footnotes
- Jose Antonio Mateo Miras, Iñigo Martínez-Solano 2009. Gallotia auaritae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
