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Microlophus koepckeorum

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Species of lizard

Microlophus koepckeorum
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Microlophus
Species: M. koepckeorum
Binomial name
Microlophus koepckeorum
(Mertens, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Tropidurus occipitalis koepckeorum
    Mertens, 1956
  • Tropidurus koepckeorum
    — Dixon & Wright, 1975
  • Plesiomicrolophus koepckeorum
    — Frost, 1992
  • Microlophus koepckeorum
    — Frost et al., 2001

Microlophus koepckeorum, commonly known as Frost's iguana, is a species of lava lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is endemic to Peru.

Etymology

The specific name, koepckeorum (genitive plural), is in honor of German-born Peruvian ornithologists Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke and Maria Koepcke, husband and wife.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of M. koepckeorum are dry forest and dry shrubland, at altitudes of 400–2,330 m (1,310–7,640 ft).

Reproduction

M. koepckeorum is oviparous. An adult female may lay a clutch of 2–6 eggs.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Microlophus koepckeorum. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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

  • 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).


Taxon identifiers
Microlophus koepckeorum


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