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Gallotia atlantica (PETERS & DORIA, 1882)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae (Gallotiinae), Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesGallotia atlantica atlantica (PETERS & DORIA 1882)
Gallotia atlantica mahoratae BISCHOFF 1985 
Common NamesE: Atlantic Lizard 
SynonymLacerta atlantica PETERS & DORIA 1882
Lacerta atlantica — STEINDACHNER 1891: 294
Gallotia atlantica — BOULENGER 1916 [?]
Gallotia atlantica — BOULENGER 1920: 111
Gallotia atlantica — ARNOLD 1973
Gallotia atlantica — BISCHOFF 1985
Gallotia atlantica ibagnezi CASTROVIEJO, MATEO & COLLADO, 1985
Gallotia atlantica laurae CASTROVIEJO, MATEO & COLLADO, 1985
Gallotia atlantica — HERNÁNDEZ et al. 2000
Gallotia atlantica atlantica — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Gallotia atlantica — SPEYBROECK et al. 2020

Gallotia atlantica mahoratae BISCHOFF 1985: 504
Gallotia atlantica delibesi CASTROVIEJO, MATEO & COLLADO, 1985
Gallotia atlantica mahoratae — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Gallotia atlantica mahoratae — SCHÄBERLE & SCHÄBERLE 2019 
DistributionSpain (Canary Islands, Lanzarote, and islands La Graciosa, Montaöa Clara and Roque del Este, (Alegranza), Canary Islands, Fuerteventura and Lobos)

E Gran Canaria (surroundings of Arinaga; introduced)

Type locality: “Arrecife nell’Isola di Lanzerote... Sta. Crux nell’isola di Teneriffa” [Canary Islands].

mahoratae: Fuerteventura, Lobos  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB, MSNG 10116
Holotype: ZFMK 35034, Pajara, Fuerteventura, 23.05.1981, Coll. W. BISCHOFF, R. HUTIERER [mahoratae] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (atlantica): Männchen erreichen eine maximale Gesamtlänge von 285 mm, bei einer Kopf- Rumpflänge von 110 mm. Bei den Weibchen sind es maximal 195 mm und 68 mm. Weitere Merkmale sind die recht hohe Anzahl von Dorsalia in einer Querreihe um die Körpermitte (x̅ = 47) und der Schuppen um den 6. Schwanzwirtel (x̅ = 27,1) sowie die geringe Anzahl der Temporalia pro KopfSeite (x̅ = 41,5). Die blauen Flecken an den Flanken der Männchen sind meist größer als der Durchmesser von 3 lateralen Schuppen, können oft sehr großflächig sein und sich sogar zu einem blauen Längsband vereinigen (Bischoff 1985: 502).


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CommentGallotia atlantica delibesi and laurae are included in atlantica fide SINDACO & JEREMCENKO 2008. 
EtymologyNamed after the Atlantic ocean where the Canary islands are. 
References
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  • Bannert, B. 1998. Zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie der Halsbandeidechsen von Madeira und den Kanarischen Inseln in Gefangenschaft. Salamandra 34 (4): 289-200 - get paper here
  • Bauer, Aaron M.;Günther, Rainer 1995. An annotated type catalogue of the lacertids (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 71 (1): 37-62 - get paper here
  • Bischoff, W. 1982. Die innerartlichen Gliederung von Gallotia galloti (Duméril & Bibron 1839) (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) auf Teneriffa, Kanarischen Inseln. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 33: 363-382 - get paper here
  • Bischoff, W. 1984. Bemerkungen über die endemische Echsenfauna der Kanarischen Inseln. Sauria 6 (2): 5-11 - get paper here
  • Bischoff, W. 1985. Die Herpetofauna der Kanarischen Inseln. Herpetofauna 7 (34): 11-22 - get paper here
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  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig and G. Doria 1882. Note erpetologiche e descrizione di una nuova specie di Lacerta delle Isole Canarie. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova. (ser. 1) 18: 431-434 - get paper here
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  • 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
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  • Thorpe, R.S. 1985. Extent of radical divergence in the eastern Canary Island lizard, Gallotia atlantica. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 36: 507-512 <br /> - get paper here
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