Microlophus delanonis
Espańola lava lizard | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Tropiduridae |
Genus: | Microlophus |
Species: | M. delanonis
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Binomial name | |
Microlophus delanonis (Baur, 1890)
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Microlophus delanonis, the Española lava lizard or Hood lava lizard, is endemic to the Galapagos island of Española.[1] The species is commonly attributed to the genus Microlophus but has been attributed to the genus Tropidurus.[2]
References[]
- ^ Benavides, Edgar; Baum, Rebecca; Snell, Heidi M.; Snell, Howard L. & Sites Jr., Jack W. (2009). "Island biogeography of Galápagos lava lizards (Tropiduridae: Microlophus): species diversity and colonization of the archipelago" (PDF). Evolution. 63 (6): 1606–1626. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00617.x. PMID 19154379. S2CID 13598047. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
- ^ Microlophus delanonis, Reptile Database
External links[]
Media related to Microlophus delanonis at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Microlophus
- Endemic reptiles of the Galápagos Islands
- Lizards of South America
- Reptiles of Ecuador
- Reptiles described in 1890
- Taxa named by Georg Baur
- Lizard stubs