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of the real lizards, family Lacertidae
Gallotia goliath (MERTENS, 1942)
Date:
March 2026
Origin:
Tenerife / Barranco de las Moraditas
Sex:
Age:
Adult
Georeference:
Note:
Replica of the mummified specimen BM-1.The original is housed at the Museo de la Naturaleza y la Arqueología in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.Pileus length: 76,8 mm
April 8, 1985
Tenerife / Anaga-peninsula / behind Playa de Las Teresitas (near San Andrés)
Herpetology Collection ZFMK (ZFMK 58251)
2003
Tenerife
This skull cap is approximately 11 cm long.Source: biodiversidadcanarias.es
June 2024
This discovery was made by retired botanist Arnoldo Santos-Guerra in 2022. Source: University of La Laguna
September 28, 2014
Mummified specimen (BM-2), exhibited in the Museo de la Naturaleza y la Arqueología in Santa Cruz de Tenerife..Pileus length: 90,6 mm
Mummified specimen (BM-2), exhibited in the Museo de la Naturaleza y la Arqueología in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.Pileus length: 90,6 mm
1950
Maxillare (Holotypus)Image from page 818 of `Bonner zoologische Beiträge: Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn` (1950)
Tenerife / from a cave at Barranco Hondo
Male
Exhibited in the Museo de la Naturaleza y la Arqueología in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
April 4, 1985
Source: Herpetology Collection ZFMK (ZFMK 58250)Skull length: 84 mm