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{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{redirect|Galápagos iguana|the coastal species|marine iguana}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Galápagos land iguana
| image = Galapagos Land Iguana (15341919654).jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Galapagos land iguana|Conolophus subcristatus]]''
| taxon = Conolophus
| authority = [[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]], 1843
| type_species = ''[[Conolophus subcristatus]]''
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = *''[[Galapagos land iguana|Conolophus subcristatus]]''
*''[[Conolophus marthae]]''
*''[[Conolophus pallidus]]''
}}

The '''Galápagos land iguanas''' comprise the [[genus]] '''''Conolophus''''' of the [[Galápagos Islands]] (Ecuador). The number of [[species]] of this variable genus has always been disputed; the most current [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomic]] surveys suggest that three species exist: 

==Extant species==

{| class="wikitable"
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! Image !! Species  !! Common Name  !!! style="width: 100pt;" |Distribution
|-
|[[File:Galápagos land iguana (4201794181).jpg|160x160px]]||''[[Galapagos land iguana|C. subcristatus]]''|| Galápagos land iguana || [[Fernandina Island]], [[Isabela Island (Galápagos)|Isabela Island]], [[Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos)|Santa Cruz Island]], [[North Seymour Island]], [[Baltra Island]], and [[South Plaza Island]] 
|-
|[[File:Iggy pink.jpg|160x160px]] ||''[[Conolophus marthae|C. marthae]]''<ref>Gabriele Gentile & Howard L. Snell: Conolophus marthae sp.nov. (Squamata, Iguanidae), a new species of land iguana from the Galápagos archipelago In: Zootaxa 2201: 1–10 (2009) [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02201p010.pdf PDF fulltext]</ref>|| Galápagos pink land iguana || [[Volcán Wolf|Wolf Volcano]], Northern [[Isabela Island (Galápagos)|Isabela Island]] 
|-
| [[File:Land Iguana - Santa Fe.jpg|160x160px]] ||''[[Conolophus pallidus|C. pallidus]]''||Santa Fe land iguana || [[Santa Fe Island]]
|}

==References==
*Frost, D.E. and R.E. Etheridge (1989) ''A Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy of Iguanian Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata)''. Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81
*Frost, D.R.,  R. Etheridge, D. Janies and T.A. Titus (2001) ''Total evidence, sequence alignment, evolution of Polychrotid lizards, and a reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata: Iguania).'' American Museum Novitates 3343: 38 pp.

==Notes==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Conolophus|''Conolophus''}}
* {{Wikispecies-inline|Conolophus|''Conolophus''}}
{{Wikispecies|Conolophus}}
{{Iguanidae}}
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[[Category:Conolophus| ]]
[[Category:Lizard genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger]]


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