Simony's giant lizard

Simony's giant lizard
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene–Recent
El Hierro giant lizard (Gallotia simonyi machadoi)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Gallotia
Species:
G. simonyi
Binomial name
Gallotia simonyi
(Steindachner, 1889)
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.