Roque Chico de Salmor giant lizard
| Roque Chico de Salmor giant lizard Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–Recent | |
|---|---|
Extinct (1931) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Gallotia |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †G. s. simonyi |
| Trinomial name | |
| †Gallotia simonyi simonyi (Steindachner, 1889) | |
The Roque Chico de Salmor giant lizard (Gallotia simonyi simonyi) is the extinct nominate subspecies of Simony's giant lizard(Gallotia simonyi). It was endemic to the small islet Roque Chico de Salmor (lit. "Salmor Small Rock") northwest of El Hierro, the westernmost of the Canary Islands.