Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Conolophus marthae
Iguana rosada, Pink Iguana
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Iguanidae
Genus
Conolophus
Species
marthae
Taxon category: Accepted
Bef. name: Conolophus subcristatus Gray, 1831
Origin: Endemic
- Gentile, G. Snell, H. (2009) Conolophus marthae sp. nov. (Squamata, Iguanidae), a new species of land iguana from the Galápagos archipelago. Zootaxa 2201: 1-10.
- Gentile, G. Fabiani, A., Marquez, C., Snell, H.L., Snell, H.M., Tapia, W. & Sbordoni, V. (2009) An overlooked pink species of land iguana in the Galápagos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 507–511.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Hong, P.Y. Wheeler, E., Cann, I.KO., Mackie, R.I. (2011) Phylogenetic analysis of the fecal microbial community in herbivorous land and marine iguanas of the Galápagos Islands using 16S rRNA-based pyrosequencing The ISME Journal 5:1461-1470.
- Arteaga, A. Bustamante, L., Vierira, J., Tapia, W., Guayasamin, J.M. (2019) Reptiles of the Galapagos Life on the Enchanted Islands Tropical Herping
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"Galapagos Species Database, Conolophus marthae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10029. Accessed 18 May 2025.