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Galápagos land iguana
Conservation status
Galapagos land iguana
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Conolophus
Species:
C. subcristatus
Binomial name
Conolophus subcristatus
(Gray, 1831)

The Galápagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) is a very large species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is one of three species of the genus Conolophus. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, in the dry lowlands of the islands of Fernandina, Isabela, Santa Cruz, North Seymour, Baltra, and South Plaza.[1][3][4]

  1. ^ a b Kumar, K.; Gentile, G.; Grant, T.D. (2020). "Conolophus subcristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T5240A3014082. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T5240A3014082.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference CDRS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Swash, A.; R. Still (2000). Birds, Mammals & Reptiles of the Galápagos Islands. Yale University Press. pp. 118–119. ISBN 0-300-08864-7.

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