Simony's giant lizard Temporal range: Early Pleistocene–Recent
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El Hierro giant lizard (Gallotia simonyi machadoi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Gallotia |
Species: | G. simonyi
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Binomial name | |
Gallotia simonyi (Steindachner, 1889)
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Synonyms | |
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Simony's giant lizard (Gallotia simonyi) is a large species of wall lizard endemic to the island of El Hierro and nearby islet Roque Chico de Salmor in the Canary Islands.