Gallotia intermedia BARBADILLO, LACOBA, PÉREZ-MELLADO, SANCHO & LÓPEZ-JURADO, 1999
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Higher Taxa | Lacertidae (Gallotiinae), Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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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 |
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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). |
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