Natural History Photographs


The northwestern tip of Tenerife sports a partly unique flora, with endemics restricted to this area. The area is quite inaccessible though, which makes the rich flora almost a forbidden fruit... A few of the highlights were not so difficult to find in the end, like the enigmatic Euphorbia aphylla. At the parking place you find some very tame lizards, which you can feed from your hand- they appreciate bread and cheese! Normally these lizards are hard to photograph, but here just lives a population of photo models...


Gallotia galloti
Authority:Oudart, 1839
Nederlands:Canarische hagedis
English:Gallot's lizard
Deutsch:Kanareneidechse
Svenska:Blåkindad kanarieödla
Vieraea laevigata
Authority:(Brouss. ex Willd.) Webb, 1844
Synonyms:Buphthalmum laevigatum Brouss. ex Willd. 1807
Astydamia latifolia
Authority:(L. f.) Kuntze, 1891
Synonyms:Crithmum latifolium L. f. 1782
Lycium intricatum
Authority:Bossier, 1838
Italiano:spina santa insulare
Español:cambrón, cambronera, cambros, espina santa, espino africano, rascaviejas