Frost's Lava Lizard

About the Frost's Lava Lizard

Microlophus koepckeorum, commonly known as Frost's iguana, is a species of lava lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is endemic to Peru. The specific name, koepckeorum (genitive plural), is in honor of German-born Peruvian ornithologists Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke and Maria Koepcke, husband and wife.

The preferred natural habitats of M. koepckeorum are dry forest and dry shrubland, at altitudes of 400–2,330 m (1,310–7,640 ft). M. koepckeorum is oviparous. An adult female may lay a clutch of 2–6 eggs. Dixon JR, Wright JW (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. (Tropidurus koepckeorum, new status, pp. 28–30, Figure 13, bottom). (in English, with abstracts in English and Spanish).

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