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    Species Accepted

    Microlophus occipitalis (Peters, 1871)

    Knobbed Pacific Iguana
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Microlophus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Capón del Pacífico Spanish
      Ekuador-Kielschwanzleguan German
      Knobbed Pacific Iguana English
      Knoppet Kystleguan Danish
      Orangekehl-Kielschwanzleguan German

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Steindachner, & Franz. (1902). Herpetologische und ichthyologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Südamerika mit einer Einleitung von Therese Prinzessin von Bayern. Denkschriften Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien (Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse) 72: 89–148.
      Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. (2019). Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (E178).
      Soto Quispe, J. C., Ugaz Cherre, A. F., Llompart Navarro, A. E., Saldaña Ugaz, I. S., Marchena Dioses, J. M., Montero Silva, M. A. and Barrionuevo García, R. (2025). Diversity and temporal frequency of records of the herpetofauna of the equatorial seasonally dry tropical forest in the rural community of Lucarqui, Piura, northwestern Peru. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology 24(2): D1693.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1885). Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, Xiii+497 Pp.
      Dixon, J. R., & WRIGHT, J. W. (1975). A review of the lizards of the iguanid genus Tropidurus in Peru. Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) (271): 1-39.
      Watkins, G. W. (1996). Proximate causes of sexual size dimorphism in the iguanian lizard Microlophus occipitalis. Ecology 77: 1473-1482.
      Toyama, & Ken Sebastian. (2016). Evidence of adaptive evolution in the cranial morphology of Tropidurid lizards from coastal Peru. Herpetology Notes 9: 47-53.
      Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. (1995). The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 Pp.
      Koch, C. (2010). Geheimnisvolles Peru. Reptilia (Münster) 15 (82): 36-45.

      Citation

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