Gallotia auaritae MATEO, GARCIA-MARQUEZ, LÓPEZ-JURADO & BARAHONA, 2001
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Gallotia auaritae
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae (Gallotiinae), Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Gallotia simonyi auaritae MATEO, GARCIA-MARQUEZ, LÓPEZ-JURADO & BARAHONA 2001 Gallotia (simonyi) auaritae — PLEGUEZUELOS et al. 2002 Gallotia auaritae — CRUZADO-CABALLERO et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Canary Islands (La Palma) Type locality: “yacimiento del Roque de Mazo (Holoceno)” |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ULPGC (also as DBULPGC) 50, dentary only, Departamento de Biología de la Universidad de Las Palmas. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A giant species of Gallotia (with an absolute length of the frontal around or upper to 40 mm, similar to that of Gallotia goliath). It differs from all other giant taxa except G. goliath in the lack of lateral constriction of the frontals (lateral margin of frontals is almost straight). It differs from G. stehlini in the lack of multicusped teeth (the maximum number of cusps is three, like in the rest of giant forms except G. goliath that can reach 4–5 cusps in some teeth. It differs from G. stehlini (but not from the rest of giant taxa) in presenting two rows of pterygoid teeth forming a V-shape in adults. For a given size, G. auaritae has more dentary and maxillary teeth than G. simonyi and G. bravoana, and less than G. goliath (see Barahona et al. and Mateo et al.) (from Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019). |
| Comment | Conservation: Only known from subfossil bones. Probably extinct. However, recent report of an unconfirmed sighting indicate that it may not have been gone extinct (MÌnguez et al. 2007, Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019). |
| Etymology | “El genitivo auaritae hace referencia al nombre que se daban a sí mismos los antiguos pobladores de la isla de La Palma.” |
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