Microlophus yanezi explained

Microlophus yanezi, commonly called Yanez's lava lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is endemic to the Chilean Matorral^[1] within the nation of Chile.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, yanezi, is in honor of Chilean zoologist José Lautaro Yáñez-Valenzuela (born 1951).^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. yanezi is desert, at altitudes from sea level to 2800m (9,200feet).

Reproduction

M. yanezi is oviparous.^[2]

Further reading

• Ortiz-Zapata JC (1980). "Revisión taxonómica del Género Tropidurus en Chile ". Actas de la Reunión Iberoamericana de Zoologia 1: 355–377. (Tropidurus yanezi, new species). (in Spanish).

Notes and References

1. C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. (2013). Chilean matorral. ed. M.McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
2. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Microlophus&species=yanezi&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Microlophus%27%2Cexact%29%29''Microlophus yanezi
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Microlophus yanezi, p. 292).