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Microlophus jacobi
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Microlophus jacobi
English Common Name: Santiago Lava Lizard
Spanish Common Name: Lagartija de lava de Santiago
Taxonomic Comments: Unpublished name for a genetically different subpopulation of Microlophus albemarlensis Baur, 1890.
Name Status: Unpublished name (Nomen nudum).
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
Not Evaluated - Not yet been evaluated against the criteria.
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species groups, such as vascular plants or vertebrates, updates proposed to the IUCN are shown, rather than the outdated, but currently-used status;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: Santiago.
Distribution Comments: Santiago 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.