Leonese rock lizard

Leonese rock lizard
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Iberolacerta
Species:	I. galani
Binomial name
	Iberolacerta galani; Arribas, Carranza & Odierna, 2006
	Distribution of the Leonese rock lizard.

The Leonese rock lizard (Iberolacerta galani) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

Geographic range

I. galani is an endemic species from the Montes de León in northwestern Spain.[1]

Etymology

Its specific name, galani, honors the Corunnan herpetologist Dr. Pedro Galán Regalado[2] for his lifelong dedication to the study of the Iberian herpetofauna and natural history in general.[3]

Description

This species, I. galani, is characterized by its relatively large size. It is the biggest species of Iberolacerta with females reaching 84 mm (3.3 in) snout-to-vent length (SVL). It is also characterized by a high number of blue ocelli on the shoulders, and the relatively frequent contact or near-contact between the supranasal and the first loreal scale.[3]

Habitat

The Leonese rock lizard inhabits supraforestal habitats with a high-mountain climate.[3]

References

Arribas, Oscar (2009). "Iberolacerta galani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Iberolacerta galani, p. 97).
Arribas, Oscar; Carranza, Salvador; Odierna, Gaetano (2006). "Description of a new endemic species of mountain lizard from Northwestern Spain: Iberolacerta galani sp. nov. (Squamata: Lacertidae)". Zootaxa. 1240 (1240): 1–55. doi:10.5281/zenodo.172862.

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[iucn-1] Arribas, Oscar (2009). "Iberolacerta galani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Iberolacerta galani, p. 97).

[a-3] Arribas, Oscar; Carranza, Salvador; Odierna, Gaetano (2006). "Description of a new endemic species of mountain lizard from Northwestern Spain: Iberolacerta galani sp. nov. (Squamata: Lacertidae)". Zootaxa. 1240 (1240): 1–55. doi:10.5281/zenodo.172862.