Tenerife or Gallot's Lizard, Western Canaries Lizard, Tizon Lizard, Gallotia galloti, Lacertidae. Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife.


Tenerife Lizard, Gallot's Lizard, Western Canaries Lizard or Tizon Lizard, Gallotia galloti, Lacertidae. Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Male. The Tenerife Lizard, Gallot's Lizard, Tizon or Western Canaries Lizard, Gallotia galloti, is a lacertid (wall lizard) species of the genus Gallotia. It is found on the Canary Islands of Tenerife and La Palma. Four subspecies are recognized. Gallotia galloti eisentrauti - Northern Tenerife Lizard (northern Tenerife) ; Gallotia galloti galloti - Southern Tenerife Lizard (central and southern Tenerife, including Teide) ; Gallotia galloti insulanagae - Anaga Lizard (Roque de Fuera de Anaga, offshore the Macizo de Anaga mountains, northeastern Tenerife) ; Gallotia galloti palmae - La Palma Lizard (La Palma). The pictured reptile is either a Southern or Northern Tenerife Lizard.


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Location: Tenerife, Canary Islands
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