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La Palma Giant Lizard
Gallotia auaritae
The La Palma giant lizard (Gallotia auaritae) is a large wall lizard endemic to the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, it is listed as critically endangered, but it might possibly be extinct.
From the article La Palma giant lizard on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
Subfossil remains indicate that it occurred once through the island, up to 800 meters above sea level, and that its preferred habitat was xerophytic vegetation. Though described originally from bones in 2001 and generally considered extinct, sightings and photographic evidence of a large lacertid made in 2007 north of the island could belong to this species. However, many authors consider the sightings doubtful.
Wikipedia: “History”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 73806.