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Gallotia galloti (Gallot's Lizard; Gallot's Canary Island lizard)

Synonyms: Gallotia galloti eisentrauti (heterotypic); Gallotia galloti insulanagae (heterotypic); Gallotia galloti palmae (heterotypic); Lacerta galloti (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Gallotia galloti (Gallot's lizard, Tenerife lizard, or Western Canaries lizard) is a species of lacertid (wall lizard) in the genus Gallotia. The species is found on the Canary Islands of Tenerife and La Palma. Both the generic name, Gallotia, and the specific name, galloti, are in honor of D. Gallot, an amateur naturalist, who collected the type specimen. Four subspecies are recognized:
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Infraspecies

Gallotia galloti eisentrauti
Gallotia galloti galloti
Gallotia galloti insulanagae
Gallotia galloti palmae

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  27 grams
Birth Weight [1]  1 grams
Female Weight [1]  16 grams
Male Weight [1]  39 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  143.8 %
Gestation [1]  86 days
Litter Size [1]  5
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  6 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.937 inches (10 cm)
Speed [4]  4.698 MPH (2.1 m/s)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Terrestrial

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub  

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Los Órganos 452 Spain    

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

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron)[8]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Parapharyngodon echinatus[9]
Pharyngodon hispanicus[9]
Thelandros filiformis[9]
Thelandros galloti[9]
Thelandros tinerfensis[9]

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
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Morphology, performance and fighting capacity in male lizards, Gallotia galloti , K. HUYGHE, B. VANHOOYDONCK, H. SCHEERS, M. MOLINA-BORJA and R. VAN DAMME, Functional Ecology 2005, 19, 800–807
♦ 5Digestive ecology of two omnivorous Canarian lizard species (Gallotia, Lacertidae), Alfredo Valido, Manuel Nogales, Amphibia-Reptilia 24: 331-344
♦ 6Temporal and Spatial Variation in the Diet of the Endemic Lizard Gallotia galloti in an Insular Mediterranean Scrubland, Airam Rodríguez, Manuel Nogales, Beatriz Rumeu, and Beneharo Rodríguez, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 213–222, 2008
♦ 7Frugivory and seed dispersal by the lizard Gallotia galloti (Lacertidae) in a xeric habitat of the Canary Islands, Alfredo Valido and Manuel Nogales, OIKOS 70: 403-411. Copenhagen 1994
♦ 8Seasonal diet of the Grey Heron Ardea cinerea on an oceanic island (Tenerife, Canary Islands): indirect interaction with wild seed plants, Airam RODRÍGUEZ, Beneharo RODRÍGUEZ, Beatriz RUMEU & Manuel NOGALES, ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA Vol. 42 (2007) No. 1
♦ 9Gibson, 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