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title: "Tenerife Lizard"
description: "Gallotia galloti — Reptiles. Gallotia galloti, also known commonly as Gallot's lizard, the Tenerife lizard, and the Western Canaries lizard, is a species of wall lizard in the genus Gallotia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/tenerife-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tenerife Lizard

> Gallotia galloti — Reptiles. Gallotia galloti, also known commonly as Gallot's lizard, the Tenerife lizard, and the Western Canaries lizard, is a species of wall lizard in the genus Gallotia.

- Scientific name: *Gallotia galloti*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7023
- Wikidata: [Q739178](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739178)
- iNaturalist taxon: [35995](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35995)

## Names

- en: Tenerife Lizard
- de: Kanareneidechse
- es: Lagarto Tizón
- fr: Lézard de Tenerife
- nl: Canarische hagedis

## Countries with the most observations

ES (6227)

## Summary

Gallotia galloti, also known commonly as Gallot's lizard, the Tenerife lizard, and the Western Canaries lizard, is a species of wall lizard in the genus Gallotia. The species is native to the Canary Islands of Tenerife and La Palma. Unlike most larger species of its genus, G. galloti is a commonly found animal. There are four recognized subspecies.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallotia_galloti

## Photo

![Tenerife Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tenerife-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Kenrick Gibson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101484484

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tenerife-lizard?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).