Microlophus duncanensis
| Pinzón lava lizard | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Tropiduridae |
| Genus: | Microlophus |
| Species: | M. duncanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Microlophus duncanensis (Baur, 1890)
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Microlophus duncanensis, commonly known as the Pinzón lava lizard, is a species of lava lizard endemic to the Galapagos Island of Pinzón.[1] Although currently classified in the genus Microlophus, it has also been assigned to the genus Tropidurus.[2]
References
- ^ Benavides,E; Baum, R.; Snell, H. M.; Snell, H. L.; and Sites Jr., J. W. (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.
- ^ Microlophus duncanensis Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, The Reptile Database


