Microlophus stolzmanni

Microlophus stolzmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Iguania
Family:Tropiduridae
Genus:Microlophus
Species: M. stolzmanni
Binomial name
Microlophus stolzmanni
(Steindachner, 1891)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tropidurus stolzmanni
    Steindachner, 1891
  • Tropidurus occipitalis stolzmanni
    — Mertens, 1956
  • Microlophus stolzmanni
    — Frost, 1992

Microlophus stolzmanni, also known commonly as Stolzmann's Pacific iguana, is a species of South American lava lizard in the family Tropiduridae.

Etymology

The specific name, stolzmanni, is in honor of Polish zoologist Jean Stanislas Stolzmann.[2]

Geographic range

Microlophus stolzmanni is endemic to Peru.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Microlophus stolzmanni. 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 stolzmanni, p. 255).

Further reading

  • Steindachner F (1891). "Ueber neue und seltene Lacertiden aus den herpetologischen Sammlungen des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums ". Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 6: 371-378. (Tropidurus stolzmanni, new species, pp. 376–377). (in German).


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