Spain / Canary Islands / Lanzarote, Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Alegranza and Roque del Este.  Introduced to Arinaga in the southeast of Gran Canaria.

Subspecies:

Gallotia atlantica atlantica  (PETERS & DORIA, 1882)

Types:

Syntypes: ZMB, MSNG 10116

Terra Typica:

Designata (BISCHOFF 1985) Arrecife, Lanzarote.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Peters, W.C.H. & Doria, G. (1882) -  Note erpetologiche e descrizione di una nuova specie di Lacerta delle Isole Canarie. -  Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova, (1) 18: 431-434.  

  • Gonzáles, P. & Pinto, F. & Nogales, M. & Jiménez-Asensio, J. & Hernández, M. & Cabrera, V.M. (1996) -  Phylogenetic relationships of the Canary islands endemic lizard genus Gallotia (Sauria: Lacertidae), inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 6 (1): 63-71.    

  • Bischoff, W. (1998) -  Gallotia atlantica (Peters & Doria, 1882) - Atlantische Eidechse, Purpurarien-Eidechse. -  In: Bischoff, W. (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Die Reptilien der Kanarischen Inseln, der Selvagens-Inseln und des Madeira Archipels. Wiesbaden (Aula). 236-264.  

  • Molina Borja, M. & Rodriguez-Dominguez, M.A. (2004) -  Evolution of biometric and life history traits in lizards (Gallotia) from the Canary islands. -  Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Berlin, 42 (1): 44-53.    

  • Bloor, P. & Kemp, S.J. & Brown, R.P. (2008) -  Recent volcanism and mitochondrial DNA structuring in the lizard Gallotia atlantica from the island of Lanzarote. -  Molecular Ecology, 17: 854-866.