La Palma giant lizard

La Palma giant lizard

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Gallotia
Species:
G. auaritae
Binomial name
Gallotia auaritae
Mateo, García-Márquez, López Jurado & Barahona, 2001
Synonyms
  • Gallotia simonyi auaritae
    Mateo, García-Márquez, López Jurado & Barahona, 2001

The La Palma giant lizard (Gallotia auaritae) is a large wall lizard endemic to the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, currently extinct or critically endangered.