Microlophus bivittatus

Peters, 1871

Domain Eukaryota

Kingdom Animalia

Division Chordata

Class Reptilia

Order Squamata

Family Tropiduridae

Genus Microlophus

Microlophus bivittatus Peters, 1871

English Common Name: San Cristobal Lava Lizard

Spanish Common Name: Lagartija de lava de San Cristobal

Taxonomic Comments: Syn.: Tropidurus bivittatus Peters, 1871

Name Status: Accepted name; taxon occurs in Galapagos.

Origin

In
Introduced
Na
Native

En
Endemic
Taxon occurs only in Galapagos.
Hy
Hypothetical
Id
Indigenous
Mi
Migrant
EnQ
Questionable Endemic
Re
Resident
Va
Vagrant

IUCN Status

Vulnerable - Considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The IUCN Red List assessments presented here may deviate from the global IUCN listings for the following reasons:

for well-known species groups, such as vascular plants or vertebrates, updates proposed to the IUCN are shown, rather than the outdated, but currently-used status;
for poorly-known species groups, such as lichenized fungi, a general assessment is not currently possible, therefore the list presented here is the regional IUCN Red List for the Galapagos Archipelago.

Distribution

Regions: San Cristóbal.

Distribution Comments: San Cristobal Island

Please be aware that this distribution map is automatically generated from database records (CDF and external specimens, literature records, and observations) and may not accurately reflect the currently-known distribution for all species.

Literature

Benavides, E., Baum, R., MCClellan, D., Sites, J.W.Jr. (2011) Molecular phylogenetics of the Lizard genus Microlophus (Squamata: Tropidurinae): aligning and retrieving indel signal from nuclear introns en rev.
Benavides, E., Baum, R., Snell, H.L., Snell, H.K., Sites, J.W.Jr. (2011) Small-scale phylogeography of Lava lizards (Tropiduridae: Microlophus): Patterns of colonization and demographic history of Islands without islands in rev.
Carrillo, E., Aldás, S., Altamirano, M., Ayala, F., Cisneros, D., Endara, A., et al. (2005) Lista roja de los reptiles del Ecuador. Fundación Novum Milenium, IUCN-Sur, IUCN-Comité Ecuatoriano, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Serie Proyecto PEEPE. Quito, Ecuador.
Couch, L., Stone, P.A., Duszynski, D.W. Snell, H.L. & Snell, H.M. (1996) A survey of the coccidian parasites of reptiles from islands of the Galapagos Archipelago: 1990-1994. Journal of Parasitology 82(3): 432-437.
Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Milstead, B., Márquez, C., Zabala, J., Buitrón, P., Llerena, A., et al. (2007) Galapagos vertebrates: endangered status and conservation actions. Galapagos Report 2006–2007: 104–110. Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora.
Slevin, J.R. (1935) An account of the reptiles inhabiting the Galapagos Islands. Bulletin New York Zoological Society 38(1): 3-23.
Van Denburgh, J., Slevin, J.R. (1913) The Galapagoan lizards of the genus Tropidurus, with notes on the iguanas of the genera Conolophus and Amblyrhynchus. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2(1): 133-202, pls. 8-11.
Wright, J.W. (1984) The origen and evolution of the lizards of the Galapagos Islands. Terra (March-April): 21-27.

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