Authors
Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui Wildlife Veterinarian & Curator, CDF Vertebrate Collections, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Cruz Márquez Herpetologist, Galapagos National Park Service, Galápagos, Ecuador.
Howard L. Snell Professor and Curator, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles, The Museum of Southwestern Biology at the University of New Mexico, USA.
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Reptiles
Lava Lizard (Microlophus albermarlensis), Santiago Island, Galápagos
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Reptiles are characterized by the inability to regulate their body temperature and by having pulmonary respiration. Reptiles typically have short, reduced, or no legs. Their reproduction is oviparous or ovoviviparous.
Of the 51 species recorded in Galapagos, 38 are endemic and native. Five species are currently known to be extinct and one is extinct in the wild: The Pinta tortoise, Geochelone abingdoni, known as Lonesome George, is the last surviving individual and today lives in the tortoise corals of the Galapagos National Park on Santa Cruz Island.
Authors: Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Cruz Márquez, Howard L. Snell.
Other Contributors: Marco Altamirano, Paola Buitrón, Adalgisa Caccone, Linda Cayot, María de Lourdes Torres, Tom Fritz, Gabriel Gentille, James Gibbs, Alizon Llerena, Brian Milstead, Elizabeth Pillaert, Peter Pritchard, David A. Wiedenfeld, Martin Wikelski, Javier Zabala, Patricia Zárate.
Names of taxa included: 52 total (48 accepted, 2 unidentified taxon, 2 new to science), 1 rejected.
Origin of the taxa included: 4 accidental, 4 intercepted, 39 endemic, 1 hypothetical, 1 indigenous, 2 migrant, 2 vagrant.
Reptilia Species Checklist
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Division Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Order Testudines
Rejected Species
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