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Iberolacerta galani ARRIBAS, CARRANZA & ODIERNA, 2006

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Galan’s Rock Lizard 
SynonymIberolacerta galani ARRIBAS, CARRANZA & ODIERNA 2006
Lacerta monticola cantabrica — ELVIRA & VIGAL 1982 (partim)
"Lacerta" monticola — ARRIBAS 1996 (partim)
Lacerta (Iberolacerta) monticola cantabrica — CARRANZA et al. 2004 (partim)
Iberolacerta galani — ARNOLD et al. 2007
Lacerta (Iberolacerta) galani — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Iberolacerta galani — SPEYBROECK et al. 2020 
DistributionSpain (Montes de León, NW Iberia), elevation 1000-2000 m.

Type locality: "Laguna de los Peces (Zamora). Sa Segundera. 1700 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: private collection (O. Arribas collection, OA 04082402), adult male, given as IPE 4000 (Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia, Jaca, Spain, belonging to CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), O. Arribas, leg. 25 Dec 2004. Types will be deposited in MNCN, O. Arribas, pers. comm., 31 Dec 2020. 
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CommentSynonymy: This species has been previoulsy considered as Lacerta monticola cantabrica.

According to phylogenetic analyses, I. galani nov. is part of a very well supported clade that originated around 2.5 mya and also includes I. monticola and I. martinezricai.

Distribution: see map in Talavera et al. 2026: Fig. 1 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Pedro Galán Regalado (Cee, 1955), from A Coruña(Spain), for his lifelong dedication to the study of NW Iberian (especially Galician)  
References
  • Arnold, E.N.; Arribas, O. & Carranza, S. 2007. Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera. Zootaxa 1430: 1-86 - get paper here
  • ARRIBAS, O.; S. CARRANZA & G. ODIERNA 2006. Description of a new endemic species of mountain lizard from Northwestern Spain: Iberolacerta galani sp. nov. (Squamata : Lacertidae). Zootaxa 1240: 1-55 - get paper here
  • Arribas, Oscar J. 1996. Taxonomic revision of the Iberian 'Archaeolacertae" I: A new interpretation of the geographical variation of ‘Lacerta’ monticola Boulenger 1905 and ‘Lacerta’ cyreni Müller & Hellmich 1937 (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae). Herpetozoa 9: 31-56 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Carranza, S.; E. N. Arnold & F. Amat 2004. DNA phylogeny of Lacerta (Iberolacerta) and other lacertine lizards (Reptilia: Lacertidae): did competition cause long-term mountain restriction? Systematics and Biodiversity 2 (1): 57-77 - get paper here
  • Elvira, B. & Vigal, C.R. 1982. Nuevos datos sobre la distribución geográfica de Lacerta monticola cantabrica Mertens, 1929 (Sauria, Lacertidae). Doñana Acta Vertebrata, 9, 99–106
  • Kwet, A. 2007. Eine neue Gebirgseidechse aus Spanien [Iberolacerta galani]. Draco 7 (27): 82-84 - get paper here
  • Kwet, A. 2010. Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart, 252 pp.
  • Kwet, Axel & Benny Trapp 2014. Liste der Reptilien Europas. Draco 15 (60): 72-79 - get paper here
  • Kwet, Axel & Benny Trapp 2014. Reptilien der griechischen Ägäisinseln. Draco 15 (60): 58-65 - get paper here
  • Mencía, Abraham; Ortega, Zaida; Pérez-mellado, Valentín 2016. Chemical discrimination of sympatric snakes by the mountain lizard Iberolacerta galani (Squamata: Lacertidae). The Herpetological Journal 26 (2): 149-155 - get paper here
  • Naveira, H., Rojo, V., Gómez-Seoane, I. et al. 2023. Chromosome evolution in Iberolacerta, a genus that deviates from the standard karyotype formula of Lacertidae. Genetica (2023) - get paper here
  • Naveira, H., Rojo, V., Gómez-Seoane, I., Ferguson-Smith, M. A., Pereira, J. C., & Martínez-Lage, A. 2023. Chromosome evolution in a genus that deviates from the standard karyotype formula of Lacertidae. Research Square - get paper here
  • Ortega Z, Mencía A, Pérez-Mellado V. 2016. Are mountain habitats becoming more suitable for generalist than cold-adapted lizards thermoregulation? PeerJ 4:e2085 - get paper here
  • Remón, N., Vila, M., Galan, P. & Naveira, H. 2008. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Iberolacerta monticola, and cross-species amplification in Iberolacerta galani and Zootoca vivipara. Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 1351-135 - get paper here
  • Remón, Nuria; Pedro Galán, Marta Vila, Oscar Arribas, Horacio Naveira 2013. Causes and Evolutionary Consequences of Population Subdivision of an Iberian Mountain Lizard, Iberolacerta monticola. PLoS One 8 (6): e66034. - get paper here
  • Salvador, Alfredo ; Pleguezuelos, Juan M. 2013. Guía de Reptiles de España. Canseco Editores, 462 pp., ISBN 9788493619169
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
  • Speybroeck, Jeroen; Wouter Beukema, Christophe Dufresnes, Uwe Fritz, Daniel Jablonski, Petros Lymberakis, Iñigo Martínez-Solano, Edoardo Razzetti, Melita Vamberger, Miguel Vences, Judit Vörös0, Pierre-André Crochet 2020. Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica.. Amphibia-Reptilia 41: 139-189 - get paper here
  • Werning, Heiko 2022. Das spanische Festland – ein Reiseziel (auch) für herpetologische Feinschmecker Elaphe 2022 (3): 12-31
  • Talavera, A., Burriel-Carranza, B., Mochales-Riaño, G., Estarellas, M., Arribas, O., Tejero-Cicuéndez, H., Salces-Ortiz, J., Guiberteau, D.F.-, Amat, F., Niell, M., Fernández, R., Mikheyev, A.S. & Carranza, S. 2026. Lizards on a sky archipelago: Genomic approaches to the evolution of the mountain genus Iberolacerta. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 217, 108527 - get paper here
 
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