Date:

September 2026

Origin:

Tenerife

Sex:

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

An attempt at a photorealistic reconstruction of Gallotia goliath using Adobe Photoshop and the AI tools Copilot and ChatGPT. To illustrate the impressive, former size of G. goliath, an adult male of Gallotia galloti was integrated into the depiction.

The head representation was modified with the support of Huib Klaasen.

Date:

June 16, 2026

Origin:

Tenerife / found in the Barranco de las Moraditas in 1994

Sex:

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

Mummified specimen (BM-1).
Museo de la Naturaleza y la Arqueología in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Pileus length: 76,8 mm

Date:

June 16, 2026

Origin:

Tenerife / found in the Barranco de las Moraditas in 1994

Sex:

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

Mummified specimen (BM-1).
Museo de la Naturaleza y la Arqueología in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Pileus length: 76,8 mm

Date:

June 16, 2026

Origin:

Tenerife / found in the Barranco de las Moraditas in 1994

Sex:

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

Mummified specimen (BM-1).
Museo de la Naturaleza y la Arqueología in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Pileus length: 76,8 mm

Date:

June 16, 2026

Origin:

Tenerife / found in the Barranco de las Moraditas in 1994

Sex:

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

Mummified specimen (BM-1).
Museo de la Naturaleza y la Arqueología in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Pileus length: 76,8 mm

Date:

April 8, 1985

Origin:

Tenerife / Anaga-peninsula / behind Playa de Las Teresitas (near San Andrés)

Sex:

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

Herpetology Collection ZFMK
(ZFMK 58251)

Date:

2003

Origin:

Tenerife

Sex:

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

This skull cap is approximately 11 cm long.
Source: biodiversidadcanarias.es

Date:

June 2024

Origin:

Tenerife

Sex:

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

This discovery was made by retired botanist Arnoldo Santos-Guerra in 2022.
Source: University of La Laguna

Date:

September 28, 2014

Origin:

Tenerife / found in the Barranco de las Moraditas in 1994

Sex:

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

Mummified specimen (BM-2), exhibited in the Museo de la Naturaleza y la Arqueología in Santa Cruz de Tenerife..

Pileus length: 90,6 mm

Date:

September 28, 2014

Origin:

Tenerife / found in the Barranco de las Moraditas in 1994

Sex:

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

Mummified specimen (BM-2), exhibited in the Museo de la Naturaleza y la Arqueología in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Pileus length: 90,6 mm

Date:

1950

Origin:

Tenerife

Sex:

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

Maxillare (Holotypus)
Image from page 818 of `Bonner zoologische Beiträge: Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn` (1950)

Date:

September 28, 2014

Origin:

Tenerife / from a cave at Barranco Hondo

Sex:

Male

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

Exhibited in the Museo de la Naturaleza y la Arqueología in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Date:

April 4, 1985

Origin:

Tenerife / Anaga Peninsula / behind Playa de Las Teresitas (near San Andrés)

Sex:

Male

Age:

Adult

Georeference:

Note:

Source: Herpetology Collection ZFMK
(ZFMK 58250)

Skull length: 84 mm