Gallotia stehlini

Gallotia stehlini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Gallotiinae
Genus: Gallotia
Species: Gallotia stehlini

Name

Gallotia stehlini (Schenkel, 1901)

• Lectotype: NHMB 4021 ♂. [designated by Kramer (1979: 165)]
• Type locality: “Gran Canaria: Las Palmas”, Canary Islands, Spain.

Combinations

• Lacerta galloti stehlini Schenkel, 1901: 187 [original combination, as subspecies]
• [Lacerta (Gallotia)] stehlini — Boulenger, 1916: 3 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Gallotia simonyi stehlini — Arnold, 1973: 350 [subsequent combination, reduced to subspecies]
• Gallotia stehlini — Hutterer, 1985 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Native distribution areas

• Spain: Canary Island: Gran Canaria Island.

References

Primary references

• Schenkel, E. 1901. Achter Nachtrag zum Katalog der herpetologischen Sammlung des Basler Museums. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 13: 142–199. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Gallotia stehlini. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 January 2018.
• Mateo Miras, J.A., Pérez-Mellado, V. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2009. IUCN: Gallotia stehlini  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61506A12494509. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61506A12494509.en
• Banco de Datos de Biodiversidad de Canarias - Gallotia caesaris

Vernacular names

• English: Gran Canaria Giant Lizard
• español: Lagarto gigante de Gran Canaria