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Microlophus slevini O. Torres-Carvajal, 2024

Lagartija de lava de Slevin, Slevin's lava lizard

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Reptilia

Order
Squamata

Family
Tropiduridae

Genus
Microlophus

Species
slevini

Taxon category: Accepted

Previously considered as Microlophus grayii which inhabits Floreana Island and the surrounding islets. However, Torres-Carvajal demonstrated that there are morphological (i.e., scale counts) and molecular differences that warrant the recognition of the population of lava lizards from Gardner by Floreana as a distinctive new species.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Gardner islet, 8 km east of Floreana Island, southern Galápagos, Ecuador.

References

Torres-Carvajal, O. (2024) A new species of lava lizard (Iguanidae: Tropidurinae: Microlophus) from the Galápagos Zootaxa 5428 (1): 58-74

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"Galapagos Species Database, Microlophus slevini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25321. Accessed 5 November 2026.