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Microlophus indefatigabilis (BAUR, 1890)

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Galapagos Lava Lizard 
SynonymTropidurus indefatigabilis BAUR 1890: 478
Microlophus indefatigabilis — BENAVIDES et al. 2009 
DistributionEcuador (Galapagos Islands: Santa Cruz, Santa Fe

Type locality: Indefatigable Island, Galapagos.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: USNM 14897-14940; 14916 and 14938 were exchanged with MCZ in 1926 (Cochran 1961). 
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CommentSynonymy: BOULENGER 1891 synonymized Tropidurus indefatigabilis BAUR 1890 with Leiocephalus Grayii BELL 1843. Cochran 1961 and FROST 1992 followed that view, but Benavides et al. 2009 revalidated indefatigabilis. Tropidurus indefatigabilis has also been confused with Microlophus albemarlensis and hence reports about albemarlensis may actually refer to indefatigabilis.

The description by Baur 1890 is somewhat confusing as he describes the populations on each island and then gives them names a couple of pages later. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here
  • Baur, G. 1890. Das Variieren der Eidechsen-Gattung Tropidurus auf den Galapagos Inseln und Bemerkungen über den Ursprung der Inselgruppe. Biol. Centralblatt. 10: 475-483. - get paper here
  • Benavides, Edgar; Rebecca Baum, Heidi M. Snell, Howard L. Snell, and Jack W. Sites, Jr. 2009. Island Biogeography of Galápagos Lava Lizards (Tropiduridae: Microlophus): Species Diversity and Colonization of the Archipelago. Evolution 63 (6): 1606-1626, doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00617.x - get paper here
  • Cochran, Doris M. 1961. Type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the United States National Museum. [type catalogue] Bull. US Natl. Mus. (220): xvi + 291 pp. - get paper here
  • CRESPO-PÉREZ, VERÓNICA. 2023. CANNIBALISM IN A SANTA CRUZ LAVA LIZARD, Microlophus indefatigabilis (Tropiduridae), IN THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 6(4): e815 (78-80). - get paper here
  • FIERRO-ESTRADA, NATALIA; DIEGO M. ARENAS-MORENO, RAFAEL A. LARA-RESÉNDIZ, FRANCISCO J. MUÑOZ-NOLASCO, MARCO A. ALTAMIRANO-BENAVIDES, FABIOLA J. GANDARILLA-AIZPURO, RAÚL GÓMEZ-TREJO PÉREZ, LUIS E. LOZANO-AGUILAR, RUFINO SANTOS-BIBIANO, DANNY RUEDA-CÓR 2022. Ecología térmica de la lagartija de lava de Santa Cruz (Microlophus indefatigabilis) de Gálapagos, Ecuador: implicaciones del fenómeno de El Niño. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93: e933895–e933895. - get paper here
  • Frost, Darrel R. 1992. Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the Tropidurus group of lizards (Iguania: Tropidurudae). American Museum Novitates (3033): 1-68 - get paper here
  • Lewbart, G.A., Valle, C.A. & Munoz-Perez, J.P. 2017. Microlophus indefatigabilis (Lava Lizard) Diet. Herpetological Review 48 (4): 851-852 - get paper here
  • Macedonia, Joseph M.; David L. Clark, Morgan R. Fonley, Isabella Centurione, John W. Rowe & Carlos A. Valle 2019. Analysis of Bobbing Displays in Four Species of Galápagos Lava Lizards Using Conventional and Novel Quantitative Methods. Herpetologica 75 (4): 290-300 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
  • Zimmermann, Florian 2024. Haltung und Nachzucht der Galapagos-Lavaechse Microlophus cf. albemarlensis im Terrarium. Sauria 46 (3): 21-33
 
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