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Issue: Vol. 2755 No. 1: 2 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2755.1.4
Page range: 66–68
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

The species diversity of the genus Gallotia (Sauria: Lacertidae) during the Holocene on La Gomera (Canary Islands) and the Latin names of Gomeran giant lizards

Bioges, Campus de Tafira s/n, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. E-35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
CNRS-UMR 5175, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, 1919 route de Mende, F-34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France
Borbalán 3, E-38870 Valle Gran Rey (La Gomera), Canary Islands, Spain
Reptilia Sauria Lacertidae Canary Islands

Abstract

The importance of appropriate identification of a species prior to the adoption of an effective species conservation plan should not be underestimated. This precondition is not generally problematic. However, erroneous identification leads to unsuitable conservation measures (Daugherty et al. 1990) being drawn up. This may be the case of the “critically endangered” gomeran giant lizard (Cox et al. 2006).

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