Spain / Canary Islands / Tenerife. 

Extinct species:

Gallotia goliath  (MERTENS, 1942)

Synonyms:

Lacerta goliath   MERTENS, 1942


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Mertens, R. (1942) -  Lacerta goliath n. sp., eine ausgestorbene Rieseneidechse von den Kanaren. -  Senckenbergiana, Frankfurt/Main, 25: 330-339.  

  • Castillo, C. & Rando, J. C. & Zamora, J. F. (1994) -  Discovery of mummified extinct giant lizards (Gallotia goliath, Lacertidae) in Tenerife, Canary Islands. -  Bonner zoologische Beiträge, Bonn, 45 (2): 129-136.    

  • Maca-Meyer, N. & Carranza, S. & Rando, J.C. & Arnold, E.N. & Cabrera, V.M. (2003) -  Status and relationships of the extinct giant Canary island lizard Gallotia goliath (Reptilia:Lacertidae), assessed using ancient mtDNA from its mummified remains. -  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 80: 659-670.    

  • Crowley, B.E. & Yanes, Y. & Mosher, S.G. & Rando, J.C. (2019) -  Revisiting the Foraging Ecology and Extinction History of Two Endemic Vertebrates from Tenerife, Canary Islands. -  Quaternary 2019, 2, 10; doi:10.3390/quat2010010    

 
 

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Gallotia goliath  © 1985 Wolfgang Bischoff