Common Names
Common Names in English:
Galapagos Lava Lizard, Lava Lizard
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Iguania
()
- Family:
Tropiduridae
()
- Subfamily:
Tropidurinae
()
- Genus:
Microlophus
()
- Specific name:
albemarlensis
- Baur
- Scientific name: - Microlophus albemarlensis Baur
- Specific name:
albemarlensis
- Baur
- Genus:
Microlophus
(
- Subfamily:
Tropidurinae
(
- Family:
Tropiduridae
(
- Infraorder:
Iguania
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Microlophus albemarlensis — Frost 1992: 48
- Tropidurus albemarlensis Baur 1890
- Tropidurus indefatigabilis Baur 1890
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Microlophus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 38 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. albemarlensis (Galapagos Lava Lizard) · M. albemarlensis albemarlensis · M. albemarlensis barringtonensis · M. atacamensis (Atacamen Pacific Iguana) · M. bivittatus (San Cristobal Lava Lizard) · M. delanonis (Hood Lava Lizard) · M. duncanensis (Lava Lizard) · M. emoryi · M. grayii (Floreana Lava Lizard) · M. habelii · M. heterolepis · M. inguinalis · M. koepckeorum · M. lessonii · M. maminensis · M. occipitalis (Knobbed Pacific Iguana) · M. pacificus (Common Pacific Iguana) · M. peruvianus (Peru Pacific Iguana) · M. peruvianus peruvianus · M. peruvianus salinicola · M. peruvianus tigris · M. quadrivittatus (Four-Banded Pacific Iguana) · M. spinulosus · M. stolzmanni (Stolzmann's Pacific Iguana) · M. tarapacensis (Tarapaca Pacific Iguana) · M. theresiae (Theresia's Pacific Iguana) · M. theresioides (Corredor De Pica) · M. thoracicus (Tschudi's Pacific Iguana) · M. thoracicus talarae · M. thoracicus thoracicus · M. tigris (Tiger Pacific Iguana) · M. yanezi · M. pacificus · M. albemarlensis subsp. albemarlensis · M. grayii · M. grayii · M. grayii · M. pacificus
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Further Reading
- Baur (1890) Biol. Centralblatt. 10: 475-483.
- Frost (1992) American Museum Novitates (3033): 1-68
- Higgins et al. (1975) Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 50B: 637-638
- Jackson (1985) Galapagos: natural history guide, Calgary, Canada. 283 pp.
- JORDAN et al. (2005) Molecular Ecology 14: 859–867
- Lopez et al. (1992) Amphibia-Reptilia 13: 327-339
- Swash et al. (2001) Birds, Mammals, Reptiles Galapagos. Pica Press, 168 pp.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles: Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3438691
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-20835
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1842
