Microlophus yanezi

Microlophus yanezi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Tropiduridae
Genus:	Microlophus
Species:	M. yanezi
Binomial name
Microlophus yanezi (Ortiz-Zapata, 1980)
Synonyms [2]
Tropidurus yanezi Ortiz-Zapata, 1980 Microlophus yanezi — Frost, 1992

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]

Etymology

The specific name, yanezi, is in honor of Chilean zoologist José Lautaro Yáñez-Valenzuela (born 1951). ^[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. yanezi is desert, at altitudes from sea level to 2,800 m (9,200 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

M. yanezi is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. 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.
2. Microlophus yanezi. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. (2013). Chilean matorral. ed. M.McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
4. 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

• Ortiz-Zapata JC (1980). "Revisión taxonómica del Género Tropidurus en Chile ". Actas de la Reunión Iberoamericana de Zoologia1: 355–377. (Tropidurus yanezi, new species). (in Spanish).