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Microlophus slevini TORRES-CARVAJAL, 2024

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Slevin’s lava lizards Proposed
Spanish: lagartijas de lava de Slevin 
SynonymMicrolophus slevini TORRES-CARVAJAL 2024
Tropidurus grayii — VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1913:164 (part)
Microlophus grayii — BENAVIDES et al. 2009:1608 (part) 
DistributionEcuador (Galápagos)

Type locality: Gardner-near-Floreana islet, 1°19.9’S, 90°17.75’W, Galápagos Archipelago.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. CAS 9428, adult male, collected by Joseph R. Slevin on 3 October 1905.
Paratypes (27). 10 females: CAS 9421, 9424, 9426, 9429, 9431, 9432, 9437, 9439, 9443, 9446; 13 males: CAS 9422, 9423, 9425, 9427, 9428, 9430, 9433–9436, 9438, 9444, 9445; and four juveniles: CAS 9440–9442, 9447. Same collection data as holotype; CAS 9443–9447 were collected by E. S. King. 
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References
  • TORRES-CARVAJAL, O. M. A. R. 2024. A new species of lava lizard (Iguanidae: Tropidurinae: Microlophus) from the Galápagos. Zootaxa 5428 (1): 58-74 - get paper here
 
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