Microlophus thoracicus

Microlophus thoracicus

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: Tropiduridae
Genus: Microlophus
Species: Microlophus thoracicus

Name

Microlophus thoracicus (Tschudi, 1845)

• Lectotype: ZMB 4318, adult ♂, collected by J.J. Tschudi between 1838–1842. [Designated by Mertens (1956: 113)]
• Type locality: “Long tot. 6″6″”, specified as “der sandigen Küste von Peru vor. In den Umgegenden von Haucho, Ica, Pisco und Islay” in Tschudi (1846: 32).

Combinations

• Steirolepis thoracica Tschudi, 1845: 156 [original combination]
• Tropidurus thoracicus — Mertens, 1956: 113 [subsequent combination]
• Microlophus thoracicus — Frost, 1992: 48 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Peru: Piura to Arequipa departments

References

Primary references

• Tschudi J.J. von 1845. Reptilium conspectum quae in republica Peruana reperiuntur er pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itenere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11(1): 150–170. BHL Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R. 1992. Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the Tropidurus group of lizards (Iguania: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates 3033: 68 pp. hdl: 2246/4997 Reference page. 

Links

• Perez, J. & Quiroz Rodriguez, A. 2016. IUCN: Microlophus thoracicus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48444321A48444336. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48444321A48444336.en. Accessed on 15 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Tschudi's Pacific Iguana