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Animals of the Canary Islands

Includes all terrestrial tetrapods (birds, mammals & reptiles) native to the Canary Islands, for birds only those that breed are counted.

La Palma Giant Lizard 1
Gallotia auaritae
La Gomera Giant Lizard 2
Gallotia bravoana
Tenerife Speckled Lizard 3
Gallotia intermedia
El Hierro Giant Lizard
Gallotia simonyi
Gran Canaria Giant Lizard 4
Gallotia stehlini
El Hierro Boettger's Lizard 5
Gallotia caesaris caesaris
La Gomera Boettger's Lizard 3
Gallotia caesaris gomerae
Northern Tenerife Lizard 3
Gallotia galloti eisentrauti
Southern Tenerife Lizard 3
Gallotia galloti galloti
Anaga Tenerife Lizard 6
Gallotia galloti insulanagae
La Palma Tenerife Lizard 7
Gallotia galloti palmae
Lanzarote Atlantic Lizard 8
Gallotia atlantica atlantica
Fuerteventura Atlantic Lizard 3
Gallotia atlantica mahoratae
La Gomera Canary Skink 9
Chalcides coeruleopunctatus
Gran Canaria Skink 10
Chalcides sexlineatus
East Canary Skink 11
Chalcides simonyi
West Canary Skink 3
Chalcides viridanus
East Canary Gecko 12
Tarentola angustimentalis
Boettger's Wall Gecko 13
Tarentola boettgeri
Tenerife Gecko 14
Tarentola delalandii
Gomero Wall Gecko 15
Tarentola gomerensis
Moorish Gecko 16
Tarentola mauritanica
Green Sea Turtle 17
Chelonia mydas
Loggerhead Sea Turtle 18
Caretta caretta

Edited by Stan van Remmerden, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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