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Gallotia atlantica (Atlantic Lizard)

Synonyms: Gallotia atlantica delibesi; Gallotia atlantica ibagnezi; Gallotia atlantica laurae; Gallotia atlantica mahoratae (heterotypic); Lacerta atlantica (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Atlantic lizard (Gallotia atlantica) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.It is endemic to the eastern Canary Islands Lanzarote and Fuerteventura and the smaller islands surrounding them. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens.
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Infraspecies

Gallotia atlantica atlantica
Gallotia atlantica mahoratae

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  9.5 grams
Gestation [1]  76 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  2
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.756 inches (7 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Saxicolous, Terrestrial

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub  
Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets Morocco, Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey Yes

Prey / Diet

Atriplex semibaccata (Australian saltbush)[3]
Ficus carica (piku)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Parapharyngodon echinatus[4]
Pseudoparadistomum yaizaensis[4]
Spauligodon atlanticus[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 3Digestive ecology of two omnivorous Canarian lizard species (Gallotia, Lacertidae), Alfredo Valido, Manuel Nogales, Amphibia-Reptilia 24: 331-344
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0