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| Galápagos Pink Land Iguana | Conolophus marthae
Gentile & Snell, 2009
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Abstract
Conolophus marthae sp. nov., a new species endemic to Volcan Wolf of northern Isla Isabela of the Galápagos
archipelago, is described. The new species is morphologically, behaviorally, and genetically distinguished from the other
two congeneric species C. subcristatus and C. pallidus. Besides the taxonomic implications, C. marthae sp. nov. is
extremely important as it is the only evidence of deep divergence within the Galápagos land iguana lineage.
Key words: Galápagos pink land iguana, Conolophus, Iguanidae, Squamata, Galápagos Islands, Galápagos National
Park, lizards, endemism
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| Galápagos Pink Land Iguana | Conolophus marthae
Gentile & Snell, 2009
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Etymology. The new species is named in memory of Martha Rebecca Gentile, second daughter of the first
author. Martha prematurely left this world. She was born dead, as consequence of a medical doctor’s
negligence, on August 20th 2003.
Distribution. Thus far, this species is known to occur only on Volcan Wolf (Fig. 1), the northernmost
volcano of Isla Isabela (Galápagos National Park, Ecuador).
Gentile, Gabriele and Snell, Howard L. 2009. Conolophus marthae sp.nov. (Squamata, Iguanidae), A New Species of Land Iguana from the Galápagos Archipelago. Zootaxa. 2201: 1–10.
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