Microlophus theresiae

Microlophus theresiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Tropiduridae
Genus:	Microlophus
Species:	M. theresiae
Binomial name
	Microlophus theresiae; (Steindachner, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
	Tropidurus theresiae ; Steindachner, 1901; Microlophus theresiae ; — Torres-Carvajal, 2004;

Microlophus theresiae, commonly called Theresia's Pacific iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae.

Etymology

The specific name, theresiae, is in honor of Princess Theresa of Bavaria,^[2] who collected the type specimens.^[1]

Microlophus theresiae is endemic to Peru.^[1]

1 2 3 Microlophus theresiae The Reptile Database.
↑ 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 theresiae, p. 264).

Steindachner F (1901). "Herpetologische und ichthyologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Südamerika mit einer Einleitung von Therese Prinzessin von Baiern ". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 38: 194-196. (Tropidurus theresiae, new species, p. 195). (in German).

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