Microlophus yanezi, commonly called Yanez's lava lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is endemic to the Chilean Matorral[3] within the nation of Chile.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Tropiduridae |
| Genus: | Microlophus |
| Species: | M. yanezi
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| Binomial name | |
| Microlophus yanezi (Ortiz-Zapata, 1980)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, yanezi, is in honor of Chilean zoologist José Lautaro Yáñez-Valenzuela (born 1951).[4]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of M. yanezi is desert, at altitudes from sea level to 2,800 m (9,200 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Valladares, P.; Ruiz de Gamboa, M.; Ortiz, J.C.; Nunez, H.; Mella, J.; Lobos, G.; Espejo, P.; Díaz, S. (2016). "Microlophus yanezi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T174140A69941635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T174140A69941635.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Microlophus yanezi. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. (2013). Chilean matorral. ed. M.McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Microlophus yanezi, p. 292).
Further reading
edit- Ortiz-Zapata JC (1980). "Revisión taxonómica del Género Tropidurus en Chile ". Actas de la Reunión Iberoamericana de Zoologia 1: 355–377. (Tropidurus yanezi, new species). (in Spanish).
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