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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. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Joseph R. Slevin (1881–1957), who during “a couple of hours” on October 3rd 1905 collected most specimens of the new species reported in this paper as part of the famous 1905- 1906 Galápagos expedition by the California Academy of Sciences (Fritts & Fritts 1982); the remaining type series was collected by his field assistant E. S. King. 
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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