Microlophus yanezi
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]
| Microlophus yanezi | |
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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) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, yanezi, is in honor of Chilean zoologist José Lautaro Yáñez-Valenzuela (born 1951).[4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of M. yanezi is desert, at altitudes from sea level to 2,800 m (9,200 ft).[1]
References
- Valladares P, Ruiz de Gamboa M, Ortiz JC, Nunez H, Mella J, Lobos G, Espejo P, Díaz S (2016). "Microlophus yanezi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Microlophus yanezi. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. (2013). Chilean matorral. ed. M.McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
- 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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