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Galápagos lava lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis)
Subject: Galápagos lava lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis)
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Galápagos lava lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis) female.jpg
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Galápagos lava lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis)


Galápagos lava lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis) female. Mangle Point, Fernandino Island, Galapagos Islands.
Date 25 March 2012
Source Own work, from Sharp Photography, http://www.sharpphotography.co.uk/
Author Charlesjsharp
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gal%C3%A1pagos_lava_lizard_(Microlophus_albemarlensis)_female.jpg

The Galápagos lava lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis), also known as the Albemarle lava lizard, is a species of lava lizard endemic to the Galápagos Islands, where it occurs on several islands in the western archipelago: the large islands Isabela, Santa Cruz, Fernandina, Santiago and Santa Fe, as well as several smaller islands: Seymour, Baltra, Plaza Sur, Daphne Major and Rábida.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Microlophus
Species: Microlophus albemarlensis (Baur, 1890)
Synonyms:
Tropidurus albemarlensis Baur, 1890
Tropidurus indefatigabilis Baur, 1890
Tropidurus jacobii Baur, 1892
Tropidurus barringtonensis Baur, 1892
Tropidurus grayii barringtonensis Heller, 1903
Tropidurus grayii magnus Heller, 1903

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Scientific Name: Amblyrhynchus cristatus Bell, 1825
Common Names: Fernandina Marine Iguana, Galapagos Marine Iguana, Galápagos Marine Iguana, Marine Iguana, Sea Iguana; [French] Amblyrhynche à crête, Iguane marin; [Spanish] Iguana Marina
Synonym:
Amblyrhynchus cristatus STEINDACHNER 1876
Amblyrhincus ater DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837
Amblyrhincus cristatus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837
Amblyrhincus Demarlii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837
Hypsilophus cristatus FITZINGER 1843
Hypsilophus ater FITZINGER 1843
Iguana Cristatus GRAY 1831
Iguana Ater GRAY 1831
Oreocephalus cristatus GRAY 1845

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