Microlophus habelii

Microlophus habelii, commonly known as the Marchena lava lizard, is a species of lava lizard endemic to the Galapagos island of Marchena.[2]

Microlophus habelii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Tropiduridae
Genus:	Microlophus
Species:	M. habelii
Binomial name
Microlophus habelii (Steindachner, 1876)
Geographic range of Microlophus habelii in the Galapagos Islands
Synonyms[1]
Tropidurus (Craniopeltis) habelii Steindachner, 1876 Tropidurus habelii — Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1913 Microlophus habelii — Frost, 1992 Tropidurus pacificus habelii — Tiedemann et al., 1994 Microlophus habelii — Swash & Still, 2000

Etymology

The specific name, habelii, is in honor of German-American naturalist Simeon Habel.[3]

Taxonomy

M. habelii is commonly assigned to the genus Microlophus but has also been assigned to the genus Tropidurus, in which it was originally described.[1]

References

1. Microlophus habelii. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Benavides E, Baum R, Snell HM, Snell HL, Sites JW Jr (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.
3. 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 habelii, p. 113).

Further reading

• Steindachner F (1876). "Die Schlangen und Eidechsen der Galapagos-Inseln ". Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 1876: 303–329. (Tropidurus habelii, new species). (in German).
• Swash, Andy; Still, Rob (2000). Birds, Mammals, & Reptiles of the Galápagos Islands: an identification guide. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 168 pp. ISBN 0-300-08864-7. (Microlophus habelii, p. 120 + Plate 42).