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Microlophus grayii
Bell, 1843
Microlophus grayii
English Common Name: Floreana Lava Lizard
Spanish Common Name: Lagartija de lava de Floreana
Taxonomic Comments: Syn.: Tropidurus grayii Bell, 1843
Name Status: Accepted name; taxon occurs in Galapagos.
Origin
- In
Introduced - Na
Native
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En
EndemicTaxon occurs only in Galapagos.
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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species groups, such as vascular plants or vertebrates, updates proposed to the IUCN are shown, rather than the outdated, but currently-used status;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: Floreana.
Distribution Comments: Floreana Island, Champion, Gardner by Floreana, Caldwell and Enderby Islets.
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.
- Garman, S. (1892) The reptiles of the Galapagos Islands. From the collections of Dr. Grorge Baur. Bulletin Essex Inst. 24: 73-87.
- 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.