Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Microlophus indefatigabilis
Lagartija de lava Indefatigable, Indefatigable Lava Lizard
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Tropiduridae
Genus
Microlophus
Species
indefatigabilis
Taxon category: New to Science
Unpublished name for a genetically different subpopulation of Microlophus albemarlensis Baur, 1890.
Taxon origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Endemic to an estimated 773 km2area on Baltra, Santa Cruz, and Seymour Norte islands, as well as 13 of their surrounding islets.
- Benavides, E. Baum, R., Snell, H.M., Snell, H.L. & Sites, J.W. Jr. (2009) Island biogeography of Galapagos Lava Lizards (Tropiduridae: Microlophus): Species diversity and colonization of the Archipelago. Evolution 63-6: 1606–1626.
- Benavides, E. Baum, R., MCClellan, D. & Sites, J.W .Jr. (2007) Molecular phylogenetics of the Lizard genus Microlophus (Squamata: Tropidurinae): Aligning and retrieving indel signal from nuclear introns. Syst. Biol. 56(5):776–797. ISSN: 1063-5157 print / 1076-836X online DOI: 10.1080/10635150701618527
- Arteaga, A. Bustamante, L., Vierira, J., Tapia, W., Guayasamin, J.M. (2019) Reptiles of the Galapagos Life on the Enchanted Islands Tropical Herping