Species

Microlophus heterolepis

Microlophus heterolepis · described by (WIEGMANN 1834)

Microlophus albemarlensis, a close relative of Microlophus heterolepis

Pictured: Microlophus albemarlensis, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Microlophus heterolepis
First described
(WIEGMANN 1834)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Tropiduridae
Genus
Microlophus

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree