Galapagos Species Database
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Microlophus jacobi
Lagartija de lava de Santiago, Santiago Lava Lizard
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Tropiduridae
Genus
Microlophus
Species
jacobi
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santiago Island
- Arteaga, A. Bustamante, L., Vierira, J., Tapia, W., Guayasamin, J.M. (2019) Reptiles of the Galapagos Life on the Enchanted Islands Tropical Herping
- Benavides, E. Baum, R., MCClellan, D. & Sites, J.W .Jr. (2007) Molecular phylogenetics of the Lizard genus Microlophus (Squamata: Tropidurinae): Aligning and retrieving indel signal from nuclear introns. Syst. Biol. 56(5):776–797. ISSN: 1063-5157 print / 1076-836X online DOI: 10.1080/10635150701618527
- Benavides, E. Baum, R., Snell, H.M., Snell, H.L. & Sites, J.W. Jr. (2009) Island biogeography of Galapagos Lava Lizards (Tropiduridae: Microlophus): Species diversity and colonization of the Archipelago. Evolution 63-6: 1606–1626.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
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"Galapagos Species Database, Microlophus jacobi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15752. Accessed 31 October 2026.