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Last update: 24 March, 2004

The Galapagos Land Iguanas are to be found in this genus. The genus consist of only two species.

Conolopus pallidus Heller, 1903

Distribution: Galapagos, Ecuador.

Conolopus subcristatus (Gray, 1831)

Distribution: Galapagos, Ecuador.

Literature
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