Microlophus koepckeorum

Microlophus koepckeorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Iguania
Family:Tropiduridae
Genus:Microlophus
Species: M. koepckeorum
Binomial name
Microlophus koepckeorum
(Mertens, 1956)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tropidurus occipitalis koepckeorum
    Mertens, 1956
  • Tropidurus koepckeorum
    — Dixon & Wright, 1975
  • Plesiomicrolophus koepckeorum
    — Frost, 1992
  • Microlophus koepckeorum
    — Frost et al., 2001

Microlophus koepckeorum, commonly known as Frost's iguana, is a species of lava lizard, which is endemic to Peru.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, koepckeorum (genitive plural), is in honor of German-born Peruvian ornithologists Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke and Maria Koepcke, husband and wife.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Microlophus koepckeorum. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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 koepckeorum, p. 144).

Further reading

  • Mertens R (1956). "Studien über die Herpetofauna Perus I. Zur Kenntniss der Iguaniden-Gattung Tropidurus in Peru ". Senckenbergiana Biologica 37: 101-136. (Tropidurus occipitalis koepckeorum, new subspecies, p. 117). (in German).


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