Gallotia bravoana

Gallotia bravoana is a Espèce of Lézard S of the family of the lacertidés which is endemic of the island Will gum It, in the the Canaries.
It is a Reptile presenting a color white constant to the level of the nape of the neck, mouth and chest, which strongly contrasts with the remainder of the rather brown body somber.
In fact generally diurnal lizards consume mainly plants, and which can reach about fifty centimètres.
The females only once lay in the year a series from three to seven eggs.

Conservation of the species

The population of this species was estimated at 90 individuals in 2004 (distributed on a zone of a Hectare approximately), plus a group of forty individuals raised in captivity within the framework of a program of reintroduction.

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References

Evenhuis, T. 2006. Will gum It: Herpetologische waarnemingen , November 2005. Lacerta 64 (2): 64-75
Hernández, Mariano, Nicole Maca-Meyer, J. Carlos Rando, Alfredo Valido and Manual Nogales 2001. Addition off has New Living Giant Lizard from Will gum It off Island to the Phylogeny the Endemic Genus Gallotia (Canarian Archipelago) . Herpetological Newspaper 11 (4): 171-173
Hutterer, R. 1985. Neue Funde von Rieseneidechsen (Lacertidae) auf der Insel Will gum . Bonn. Zool. Beitr. 36 (3/4): 365-394
Martín, A. & Rando, J.C. 2006. One the scientific name off the extant Giant Lizard off Will gum It (Canary Islands): Gallotia gomerana Hutterer, 1985 vs. G. bravoana Hutterer, 1985 (Reptilia: Lacertidae) . Vieraea 34:65 - 70
Nogales, Handbook, Juan C. Rando, Alfredo Valido and Aurelio Martín 2001. Discovery off has living room giant lizard, genus Gallotia (Reptilia: Lacertidae), from Will gum it, Canary Islands . Herpetologica 57 (2): 169-179

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