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