Gallotia intermedia BARBADILLO, LACOBA, PÉREZ-MELLADO, SANCHO & LÓPEZ-JURADO, 1999
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Gallotia intermedia
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae (Gallotiinae), Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Canarian Spotted Lizard Spanish: Lagarto canario moteado |
| Synonym | Gallotia intermedia BARBADILLO et al. 1999 Gallotia intermedia — HERNÁNDEZ, NOGALES & MARTÍN 2000 Gallotia intermedia — BÖHME 2010 Gallotia intermedia — SCHÄBERLE & SCHÄBERLE 2019 |
| Distribution | Spain (Canary Islands: Tenerife, Teno) Type locality: “Risco de La Jaqueta in the Acantilado de Los Gigantes, elevation 25 m, (westernmost part of Tenerife) (28° 15' N, 16° 50' W)”. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: DZUL (given as Fundacion Neotropico, Tenerife, Spain (still alive fide Jaime A. de Urioste, pers. comm., 17 June 2017), DZUL = Departamento de ZoologÌa, Universidad de La Laguna; Paratypes in ZFMK (still to be received), DZUL, TFMC |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. [Coloration based on adult living males.] Gallotia simonyi differs from G. intermedia in its uniform blackish-brown dorsal coloration, presence of large lateral yellow spots, absence of ocelli between the limbs or presence of a row of small yellow ocelli in the ventrolateral region, and by its larger size (Table 2); Gallotia intermedia has a dorsum with a dense reticulation to lo dis duple ta eral region, ocelli absent (from La Hábiga) or presence of two rows of small ocelli roger ellen th the te and blue in he, and smaller body size. Gallotia stehlini differs from G. intermedia in its uniform brown dorsal coloration, pale orange gular region, nostril not in contact with the roshas a gray gular region, nostril in contact with the rostral scale, large tympanic scale, and smaller body size. Gallotia galloti, with which G. intermedia is sympatric, difters in its uniform blackish-brown dorsal coloration and often having discontinuous transverse yellow bars. Gallotia atlantica differs from G. intermedia in its brown dorsum and characteristic black gular region, with ocelli absent or presence of green or blue spots on the scales of the lateral body. lower numbers of longitudinal ventral, gular and dorsal scales, absence of the masseteric scale, and smaller size; Gallotia intermedia has a gray gular region, preshes infe an or absence of ocea as in the La Hábiga population), higher number of longitudinal ventrals, gulars and dorsal scales, presence of the masseteric scale, and a larger body size. The extinct G. goliath, which is known only from skeletal and mummified material, can be distinguished from G. intermedia by its larger body size [maximum SVL 546 mm (Castillo et al., 1994) versus 150 mm in G. intermedia], 21-25 temporals (38-90 in G. G. intermedia), and gular scales extending anteriorly to the mental scale (in the other species, the gulars only reach the third submaxillary scales). No details on coloration of G. goliath are available from the two mummified individuals found. (Hernández et al. 2000) Additional details (71 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Barbadillo et al. (1999) mentioned this species with a description in a field guide before it was “officially” described by Hernández et al. (2000). The Code (Art 16.1) obligates to indicate new species with "sp. nov." or similar, but only for names published after 1999. However, the Barbadillo guide is from 1999 (without any indication this being a new species) and hence in a “legal” grey zone (Oscar Arribas, pers. comm., 26 Jul 2016). Speybrock et al. 2020 considered HERNÁNDEZ et al. 2000 as the legitimate authors though. Neal Evenhuis considers Barbadillo et al. as authors (pers. comm. via Hinrich Kaiser, 2 Feb 2022). |
| Etymology | Named after “the intermediate size, meristic characters, and color of this species between G. galloti and G. simonyi.” |
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