Microlophus slevini TORRES-CARVAJAL, 2024
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Higher Taxa | Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Slevin’s lava lizards Proposed Spanish: lagartijas de lava de Slevin |
Synonym | Microlophus slevini TORRES-CARVAJAL 2024 Tropidurus grayii — VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1913:164 (part) Microlophus grayii — BENAVIDES et al. 2009:1608 (part) |
Distribution | Ecuador (Galápagos) Type locality: Gardner-near-Floreana islet, 1°19.9’S, 90°17.75’W, Galápagos Archipelago. |
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Types | Holotype. 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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Etymology | Named 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. |
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