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Microlophus barringtonensis (BAUR, 1892)

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Galapagos Lava Lizard 
SynonymTropidurus barringtonensis BAUR 1892: 268
Tropidurus grayii barringtonensis — HELLER 1903
Tropidurus albemarlensis barringtonensis — VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1913
Microlophus barringtonensis — BENAVIDES et al. 2009 
DistributionGalapagos: Santa Fe (Ecuador)

Type locality: Santa Fe [= Barrington] Island, Galapagos.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: FMNH 16999-17004, Galapagos Islands, Barrington Island 
Diagnosis 
CommentAbundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Baur, G. 1892. Das Variieren der Eidechsen-Gattung Tropidurus auf den Galapagos-Inseln und Bemerkungen über den Ursprung der Inselgruppe. Biologisches Zentralblatt, Leipzig, 10: 475-483 - get paper here
  • Baur, G. 1892. Das Variiren der Eidechsen-Gattung Tropidurus auf den Galapagos-Inseln. Festschrift zum Siebenzigsten Geburtstage Rudolf Leuckarts, pp. 259-277 - 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
  • Carpenter, Charles C. 1970. Miscellaneous notes on Galapagos lava lizards. Herpetologica 26 (3): 377-386 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - 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
  • Van Denburgh, J., and J. R. Slevin 1913. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906. IX. The Galapagoan lizards of the genus Tropidurus with notes on iguanas of the genera Conolophus and Amblyrhynchus. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (ser. 4) 2: 132-202. - get paper here
 
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