Microlophus habelii (Steindachner 1876) articles

Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: Galapagos: Marchena (Ecuador)
Type locality: Indefatigable (= Isla Santa Cruz) or Bindloe (= Isla Marchena), Galapagos.

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Microlophus habelii

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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

^ ^a ^b 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". Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine (pdf) Evolution 63 (6): 1606–1626.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Microlophus habelii, p. 113).

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Microlophus habelii: Brief Summary

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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.

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