Microlophus yanezi

Microlophus yanezi
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • 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 within the nation of Chile.

Etymology

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

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. yanezi is desert, at altitudes from sea level to 2,800 m (9,200 ft).

Reproduction

M. yanezi is oviparous.

References

  1. 1 2 Valladares, P.; Ruiz de Gamboa, M.; Ortiz, J.C.; Nunez, H.; Mella, J.; Lobos, G.; Espejo, P.; Díaz, S. (2016). "Microlophus yanezi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T174140A69941635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T174140A69941635.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 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).

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