Microlophus yanezi

Microlophus yanezi
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

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]

Etymology

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

References

  1. IUCN (2016). "Microlophus yanezi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  2. 1 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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