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Gran Canaria giant lizard
OnGran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Gallotia
Species:	G. stehlini
Binomial name
Gallotia stehlini (Schenkel, 1901)
Synonyms[2]
Lacerta galloti var.stehlini Schenkel, 1901 Lacerta stehlini —Boulenger, 1920 Lacerta simonyi stehlini —Mertens, 1928 Lacerta stehlini —Kramer, 1979 Gallotia stehlini —Hernández et al., 2000

TheGran Canaria giant lizard (Gallotia stehlini) is aspecies oflizard in thefamilyLacertidae. The species is found in theCanary Islands.

Thespecific name,stehlini, is in honor of Swiss paleontologistHans Georg Stehlin, who collected theholotype.^[3]

G. stehlini grows to a total length (including tail) of up to 80 cm (31 in). It is among the largest reptiles within the family Lacertidae. The species comes in a variety of grays, browns, and reddish hues. Unlike their female counterparts, males exhibit sizable jowls, robust heads and overall greater body mass.^{[citation needed]}

G. stehlini is a true omnivore. The young often consume various invertebrates, vegetation and soft fruits. As they mature, their diet largely consists of plant matter.^[4][5]

G. stehlini isendemic toGran Canaria in the Canary Islands of Spain but it has been introduced toFuerteventura.^[1]

The natural habitats ofG. stehlini are temperateshrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, and pastureland, at altitudes from sea level to 1,850 m (6,070 ft).^[1]

G. stehlini isoviparous.^[2]

• Cox, Siobhan C.; Carranza, Salvador; Brown, Richard P. (2010). "Divergence times and colonization of the Canary Islands byGallotia lizards".Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution56 (2): 747–757. (corrigendum in56: 1136).
• Hernández, E.; Nogales, M.; Martín, A. (March 2000). "Discovery of a New Lizard in the Canary Islands, with a Multivariate Analysis ofGallotia (Reptilia: Lacertidae)".Herpetologica.56 (1):63–76.JSTOR 3893128.
• Schenkel, Ehrenfried (1901). "Achter Nachtrag zum Katalog der herpetologischen Sammlung des Basler Museums ".Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel13: 142–199. (Lacerta galloti var.stehlini, new variation, p. 187). (in German).
• Sindaco, Roberto; Jeremčenko, Valery K. (2008).The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of theSocietas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp.ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.

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