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title: "Isabela Lava Lizard"
description: "Microlophus albemarlensis — Reptiles. Microlophus albemarlensis, the Galápagos lava lizard, also known as the Albemarle lava lizard or Isabela lava lizard, is a species of lava lizard."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/isabela-lava-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Isabela Lava Lizard

> Microlophus albemarlensis — Reptiles. Microlophus albemarlensis, the Galápagos lava lizard, also known as the Albemarle lava lizard or Isabela lava lizard, is a species of lava lizard.

- Scientific name: *Microlophus albemarlensis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1832
- Wikidata: [Q2302536](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2302536)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39081](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39081)

## Names

- en: Isabela Lava Lizard
- es: Lagartija de la lava de Galápagos
- it: Tropidurus albemariensis

## Countries with the most observations

EC (1762)

## Summary

Microlophus albemarlensis, the Galápagos lava lizard, also known as the Albemarle lava lizard or Isabela lava lizard, is a species of lava lizard. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
The species was described as occurring on several islands in the western archipelago: the large islands Isabela, Santa Cruz, Fernandina, Santiago and Santa Fe, as well as several smaller islands: Seymour, Baltra, Plaza Sur, Daphne Major and Rábida. If true, this makes it the most widespread of the Galápagos species of Microlophus, the others only occurring on single islands. Some authors however, consider populations on Santiago,…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microlophus_albemarlensis

## Photo

![Isabela Lava Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/isabela-lava-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Edwin Wilke · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/385390589

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/isabela-lava-lizard?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).