Microlophus grayii

Microlophus grayii
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertilia
Infraorder:	Iguania
Family:	Tropiduridae
Genus:	Microlophus
Species:	M. grayii
Binomial name
Microlophus grayii (Bell, 1843)
Synonyms
Leiocephalus grayii Bell, 1843 Tropidurus (Craniopeltis) grayii — W. Peters, 1871 Leiocephalus grayii — Günther, 1877 Tropidurus grayi — Boulenger, 1885 Tropidurus albemarlensis Baur, 1890 Tropidurus indefatigabilis Baur, 1890 Tropidurus delanonis Baur, 1890 Tropidurus duncanensis Baur, 1890 Microlophus grayii — Frost, 1992 [1]

Microlophus grayii, commonly known as the Floreana lava lizard, is a species of lava lizard endemic to the Galapagos island of Floreana.^[2] The species is commonly assigned to the genus Microlophus but has been assigned to the genus Tropidurus.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, grayii, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray.^[3]

References

1. Microlophus grayii. The Reptile Database.
2. Benavides E, Baum R, Snell HM, Snell HL, Sites JW Jr. (2009). "Island Biogeography of Galápagos Lava Lizards (Tropiduridae: Microlophus): Species Diversity and Colonization of the Archipelago". (pdf) Evolution 63 (6): 1606–1626.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Microlophus grayii, p. 107).

Further reading

• Bell T. 1843. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836. Edited and Superintended by Charles Darwin ... Naturalist to the Expedition. Part 5. Reptiles. London: Smith, Elder and Company. vi + 51 pp. + Plates 1-20. (Leiocephalus grayii, new species, p. 24 + Plate 14, figure 1). (in English and Latin).
• Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Tropidurus grayi, pp. 172–173).
• Frost DR. 1992. "Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy of the Tropidurus Group of Lizards (Iguania: Tropiduridae)". American Museum Novitates (3033): 1-68. (Microlophus grayii, p. 48).