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Gallotia caesaris (Boettger's Lizard)

Synonyms: Gallotia caesaris gomerae (heterotypic); Lacerta caesaris (homotypic); Lacerta galloti gomerae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Boettger's lizard (Gallotia caesaris) is a lacertid (wall lizard) endemic to two of the western Canary Islands, El Hierro and La Gomera. On the neighboring islands Tenerife and La Palma it is replaced by its close relative Gallotia galloti (Maca-Meyer et al. 2003). It has been introduced by humans on the Portuguese island of Madeira. There are two subspecies: \n* Gallotia caesaris caesaris (Lehrs, 1914) - El Hierro \n* Gallotia caesaris gomerae (Boettger & Müller, 1914) - La Gomera
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Infraspecies

Gallotia caesaris caesaris
Gallotia caesaris gomerae

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  26 grams
Birth Weight [1]  1 grams
Female Weight [1]  13 grams
Male Weight [1]  39 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  200 %
Gestation [1]  76 days
Litter Size [1]  4
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  6 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.543 inches (9 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Saxicolous, Terrestrial

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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
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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