Microlophus delanonis

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| name = Espańola lava lizard

| image = Lava-espanola-male.jpg

| image_caption = Male

| image2 = Espanola Lava Lizard, closeup.jpg

| image2_caption = Female

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. |author2=Márquez, C. |date=2019 |title=Microlophus albemarlensis |volume=2019 |page=e.T48444603A48444639 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48444603/48444639 |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Microlophus

| species = delanonis

| authority = (Baur, 1890)

| synonyms =

  • Tropidurus delanonis
  • Tropidurus hoodensis

| range_map = Microlophus delanonis distribution.svg

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Microlophus delanonis, the Española lava lizard or Hood lava lizard, is endemic to the Galapagos island of Española.{{Cite journal |last1=Benavides |first1=Edgar |last2=Baum |first2=Rebecca |last3=Snell |first3=Heidi M. |last4=Snell |first4=Howard L. |last5=Sites Jr. |first5=Jack W. |name-list-style=amp |date=2009 |title=Island biogeography of Galápagos lava lizards (Tropiduridae: Microlophus): species diversity and colonization of the archipelago |journal=Evolution |volume=63 |issue=6 |pages=1606–1626 |doi=10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00617.x |pmid=19154379 |s2cid=13598047 |doi-access=free }} The species is commonly attributed to the genus Microlophus but has been attributed to the genus Tropidurus.[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Microlophus&species=delanonis&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Microlophus%27%2Cexact%29%29 Microlophus delanonis], Reptile Database

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