Microlophus koepckeorum, commonly known as Frost's iguana, is a species of lava lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is endemic to Peru.[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. koepckeorum
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| Microlophus koepckeorum (Mertens, 1956)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, koepckeorum (genitive plural), is in honor of German-born Peruvian ornithologists Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke and Maria Koepcke, husband and wife.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of M. koepckeorum are dry forest and dry shrubland, at altitudes of 400–2,330 m (1,310–7,640 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editM. koepckeorum is oviparous.[2] An adult female may lay a clutch of 2–6 eggs.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Lehr, E.; Venegas, P.; Suárez, J.; Torres, C.; Perez, J. (2015). "Microlophus koepckeorum ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T48444254A48444261. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Microlophus koepckeorum. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 koepckeorum, p. 144).
Further reading
edit- Dixon JR, Wright JW (1975). "A Review of the Lizards of the Iguanid Genus Tropidurus in Peru". Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (271): 1–39. (Tropidurus koepckeorum, new status, pp. 28–30, Figure 13, bottom). (in English, with abstracts in English and Spanish).
- Frost D, Rodrigues MT, Grant T, Titus TA (2001). "Phylogenetics of the Lizard Genus Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae: Tropidurinae): Direct Optimization, Descriptive Efficiency, and Sensitivity Analysis of Congruence Between Molecular Data and Morphology". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21 (3): 352–371. (Microlophus koepckeorum, new combination).
- Mertens R (1956). "Studien über die Herpetofauna Perus I. Zur Kenntniss der Iguaniden-Gattung Tropidurus in Peru ". Senckenbergiana Biologica 37: 101–136. (Tropidurus occipitalis koepckeorum, new subspecies, p. 117). (in German).
- Schlüter W (2000). "Wüstenkielschwanzleguane aus Peru ". Draco 1 (4): 44–49. (in German).
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