Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Tropidurus delanonis Baur, 1890

Taxon origin: Endemic

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Española Island, Gardner and Osborn Islets.

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