Site Report: Teide

Teide Rocks

Teide Forest

Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia gallotia)

Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia gallotia) - Female

Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia gallotia) - Male

This volcano is the highest point in Spain

2015-03-28: We got up to the top to see a fairly thick layer of snow. Every resident of Tenerife is required to come up to the snow on the weekend to build a snowman on their windshield. While we were driving around up here, a giant rock came bouncing down off the side of a hill and almost hit the car in front of us. There were not many birds up here, but there were plenty of lizards.

Kingdom: Animals (3 records)

Phylum: Chordates (3 records)

Class: Birds (2 records)

Order: Perching Birds (2 records)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Canary Islands Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Berthelot's Pipit (Anthus berthelotii)

Class: Reptiles (1 record)

Order: Lizards and Snakes (1 record)
- Family: Wall Lizards
- Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia gallotia)