Microlophus koepckeorum

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Microlophus koepckeorum (Mertens, 1956)

Holotype: SMF 50337, adult ♂, collected on 30 January 1955.
Type locality: “oberhald Pariakoto, 1600 m, H. östlich Yautan”, Department of Ancash, Peru.
Etymology: koepckeorum is in genitive plural form, honoring German-born Peruvian zoologists Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke and Maria Koepcke, husband and wife.

Tropidurus occipitalis koepckeorum Mertens, 1956: 117 [original combination]
Tropidurus koepckeorum — Dixon & Wright, 1975: 28 [subsequent combination]
Plesiomicrolophus koepckeorum — Frost, 1992: 45 [subsequent combination]
Microlophus koepkeorum — Harvey & Gutberlet, 2000: 216 [subsequent combination]

Mertens, R. 1956. Studien über die Herpetofauna Peru I. Zur Kenntniss der Iguaniden-Gattung Tropidurus in Peru. Senckenbergiana biologica 37: 101–136. Reference page.
Dixon, J.R. & Wright, J.W. 1975. A review of the lizards of the iguanid genus Tropidurus in Peru. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 271: 1–39. BHL Reference page.
Frost, D.R. 1992. Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the Tropidurus group of lizards (Iguania: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates 3033: 68 pp. hdl: 2246/4997 Reference page.
Harvey, M.B. & Gutberlet, R.L. 2000. A phylogenetic analysis of the tropidurine lizards (Squamata: Tropiduridae), including new characters of squamation and epidermal microstructure. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128(2): 189–233. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00161.x Reference page.

Lehr, E., Venegas, P., Suárez, J., Torres, C. & Perez, J. 2015. IUCN: Microlophus koepckeorum (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T48444254A48444261. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T48444254A48444261.en. Accessed on 15 April 2024.

English: Desert Pacific Iguana