Galapagos Species Database

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Microlophus grayii Bell, 1843

Lagartija de lava de Floreana, Floreana Lava Lizard

Microlophus grayii Bell, 1843, Floreana Island. Photo: Paul McFarling, CDF, 2002.
Microlophus grayii Bell, 1843, Floreana Island. Photo: Paul McFarling, CDF, 2002.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Reptilia

Order
Squamata

Family
Tropiduridae

Genus
Microlophus

Species
grayii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Tropidurus grayii Bell, 1843

Taxon origin: Endemic

Status

Near threatened

Distribution

Distribution: Floreana Island, Champion, Gardner by Floreana, Caldwell and Enderby Islets.

References

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  • Carrillo, E. Aldás, S., Altamirano, M.A., Ayala-Varela, F., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Endara, A., Márquez, C., Morales, M., Nogales-Sornosa, F., Salvador, P., Torres, M.L., Valencia, J., Villamarín-Jurado, F., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H. & Zárate, P. (2005) Lista Roja de los Reptiles del Ecuador. Fundación Novum Milenium, UICN-Sur, UICN-Comité Ecuatoriano, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Serie Proyecto PEEPE. Quito, 46 pp.
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  • Wright, J.W. (1984) The origen and evolution of the lizards of the Galapagos Islands. Terra (March-April): 21-27.
  • 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.
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  • 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
  • Bisconti, M. Landini, W., Bianucci, G., Cantalamessa, G., Carnevale, G. Ragaini, L. & Valleri, G. (2001) Biogeographic relationships of the Galapagos terrestrial biota: parsimony analyses of endemicity based on reptiles, land birds and Scalesia land plants. J. Biogeogr. 28: 495-510.
  • Arteaga, A. Bustamante, L., Vierira, J., Tapia, W., Guayasamin, J.M. (2019) Reptiles of the Galapagos Life on the Enchanted Islands Tropical Herping
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"Galapagos Species Database, Microlophus grayii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5289. Accessed 19 April 2024.