Amblyrhynchus cristatus godzilla

Amblyrhynchus cristatus godzilla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Iguanidae
Genus: Amblyrhynchus
Species: Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Subspecies: Amblyrhynchus cristatus godzilla

Name

Amblyrhynchus cristatus godzilla Miralles, MacLeod, Rodríguez, Ibáñez, Jiménez-Uzcategui, Quezada, Vences & Steinfartz, 2017: 702

• Holotype: VCCDRS 2967, collected by A. Macleod in March 2013.
• Type locality: “Galápagos archipelago, San Cristóbal island, Salinas colony (at Punta Pitt, SRS), at geographical coordinates (decimal format) 0.697247S, 89.27084W”.

Native distribution areas

• Ecuador: Galápagos Province: San Cristóbal (Northern (north-eastern)).

References

Primary references

• Miralles, A., MacLeod, A., Rodríguez, A., Ibáñez, A., Jiménez-Uzcategui, G., Quezada, G., Vences, M. & Steinfartz, S. 2017. Shedding light on the imps of darkness: an integrative taxonomic revision of the Galápagos Marine Iguanas (genus Amblyrhynchus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181(3): 678–710. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx007 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Amblyrhynchus cristatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 March 2021.