Microlophus habelii
| Microlophus habelii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Tropiduridae |
| Genus: | Microlophus |
| Species: | M. habelii |
| Binomial name | |
| Microlophus habelii (Steindachner, 1876) | |
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| Geographic range of Microlophus habelii in the Galapagos Islands | |
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Microlophus habelii, commonly known as the Marchena lava lizard, is a species of lava lizard endemic to the Galapagos island of Marchena.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, habelii, is in honor of German-American naturalist Simeon Habel.[3]
Taxonomy
M. habelii is commonly assigned to the genus Microlophus but has also been assigned to the genus Tropidurus, in which it was originally described.[1]
References
- 1 2 Microlophus habelii. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Benavides E, Baum R, Snell HM, Snell HL, Sites JW Jr. 2009. "Island Biogeography of Galápagos Lava Lizards (Tropiduridae: Microlophus): Species Diversity and Colonization of the Archipelago". (pdf) Evolution 63 (6): 1606–1626.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Microlophus habelii, p. 113).
Further reading
- Steindachner F. 1876. "Die Schlangen und Eidechsen der Galapagos-Inseln ". Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 1876: 303-329. (Tropidurus habelii, new species). (in German).
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