Assessment Rationale:

This species is endemic to the island of Tenerife, where it inhabits the whole northern part of the island. This species is relatively widespread and there is no known major threat. It is therefore considered to be Least Concern (LC).

Geographic Range:

This species is endemic to the island of Tenerife, where it inhabits the whole northern part of the island.

Population:

The size and trend within the subpopulations are stable.

Habitat and Ecology

This species lives in the dry temperate shrub vegetation (Piso basal), exceptionally in degraded laurel forests.

Major Threat(s):

Potential threats to this species are destruction of the habitat by urbanisation, agriculture and road construction. However the destruction of the entire habitat is not very likely.

Conservation Actions

Only small numbers of the subpopulations are under local conservation schemes.