Microlophus yanezi

Microlophus yanezi, commonly called Yanez's lava lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is endemic to the Chilean Matorral[3] within the nation of Chile.[2]

Microlophus yanezi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Microlophus
Species:
M. yanezi
Binomial name
Microlophus yanezi
(Ortiz-Zapata, 1980)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tropidurus yanezi
    Ortiz-Zapata, 1980
  • Microlophus yanezi
    — Frost, 1992

Etymology

The specific name, yanezi, is in honor of Chilean zoologist José Lautaro Yáñez-Valenzuela (born 1951).[4]

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References

  1. IUCN (2016). "Microlophus yanezi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Microlophus yanezi. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. (2013). Chilean matorral. ed. M.McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
  4. 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 yanezi, p. 292).

Further reading

  • Ortiz-Zapata JC (1980). "Revisión taxonómica del Género Tropidurus en Chile ". Actas de la Reunión Iberoamericana de Zoologia 1: 355–377. (Tropidurus yanezi, new species). (in Spanish).


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