Microlophus atacamensis (DONOSO-BARROS, 1960)
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Higher Taxa | Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Atacamen Pacific Iguana |
Synonym | Tropidurus peruvianus atacamensis DONOSO-BARROS 1960: 69 Microlophus Lessoni DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 336 Tropidurus peruvianus marianus DONOSO-BARROS 1966 (fide ORTIZ-ZAPATA 1980) Tropidurus peruvianus atacamensis — PETERS et al. 1970: 268 Tropidurus atacamensis — ORTIZ-ZAPATA 1980 Microlophus atacamensis — FROST 1992 |
Distribution | Chile (Atacama desert)
Type locality: Atacama desert, Chile; “Caldera, Atacama, Chile” fide Donoso-Barros 1966: 153
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: IZUA (Inst. Zool. Univ. Chile) No. 11106. |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Troncoso-Palacios & Marambio-Alfaro (2021) synonymized Microlophus Lessoni DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 336 with Microlophus marianus. |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
References |
- Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - get paper here
- Donoso-Barros, R. 1966. Reptiles de Chile. Santiago: Univ. Chile, 458 + cxlvi pp.
- Donoso-Barros,R. 1960. Ecología de los reptiles chilenos. Invest. Zool. Chilensis 6: 65-72
- Eickhoff, Hans-Peter;Heisig, Michaela 1991. Zur Haltung des chilenschen Kielschwanzleguans Tropidurus atacamensis. Herpetofauna 13 (72): 6-10 - get paper here
- Eifler, M; Godoy, W B & Eifler, D A 2018. Microlophus atacamensis (Atacamensis Pacific Iguana) Diet. Herpetological Review 49 (3): 537-538 - 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
- Nagy, Kenneth A.; Carlos Guerra-Correa, Vaughan H. Shoemaker 2021. Dining Intertidally: Diet, Energetics, and Osmotic Relations of Two Shoreline-Foraging Tropidurid Lizard Species. South American Journal of Herpetology 20 (1): 8-16 - get paper here
- Núñez, H. and A. Veloso 2001. Distribución geográfica de las especies de lagartos de la región de Antofagasta, Chile. Bol. Mus. Nac.Hist. Nat. 50: 109-120
- Ortiz-Zapata, J.C. 1980. Revision taxonomica del género Tropidurus en Chile. Reunion Iberoam. Zool. Vertebr. 1: 355-377 (1977)
- Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime 2014. Nueva lista actualizada de los reptiles terrestres de la Región de Atacama, Chile. Boletín Chileno de Herpetología 1: 1-4 - get paper here
- Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime; Yery Marambio-Alfaro 2021. Nomenclature and taxonomic status of the lizards listed by Philippi (1860) (Squamata: Liolaemidae, Teiidae and Tropiduridae). Cuadernos de Herpetología 35 (S1): 175-192
- UTSUMI, KAERA; CATHERINE STALEY, HERMAN NÚÑEZ, MARIA A. EIFLER & DOUGLAS A. EIFLER. 2022. The social system of the lava lizard, Microlophus atacamensis: the interplay between social structure and social organization. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 95(1): 9. - get paper here
- Werning, H. 2009. Auf den Spuren von Darwin durch Südamerika Teil 3: Vom kalten Regenwald in die trockenste Wüste. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (80): 52-63 - get paper here
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