Galápagos land iguana

Galápagos land iguana
Temporal range: Miocene
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific 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)
Synonyms
  • Amblyrynchus subcristatus
    Gray, 1831
  • Trachycephalus subcristatus
    (Gray, 1831)
  • Amblyrhynchus demarlii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • Hypsilophus (Conolophus) demarlii
    (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837)

The Galápagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) is a very large species of lizard in the family Iguanidae, and one of three species of the genus Conolophus. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands off of Ecuador's Pacific coast, inhabiting the dry lowlands of Fernandina, Isabela, Santa Cruz, North Seymour, Baltra, and South Plaza islands.