diff --git a/stdpopsim/catalog/AnoCar/species.py b/stdpopsim/catalog/AnoCar/species.py
index 03819668f..e83eff0e1 100644
--- a/stdpopsim/catalog/AnoCar/species.py
+++ b/stdpopsim/catalog/AnoCar/species.py
@@ -20,10 +20,21 @@
     },
 )
 
-# No recombination rate yet for this species.
-# Author of BourgeoisEtAl is sending the recombination map
-# Placeholder rate of 1cM/Mb used
-_recombo_rate = 1e-8
+_YurchenkoEtAl = stdpopsim.Citation(
+    doi="https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa161",
+    year=2020,
+    author="Yurchenko et al.",
+    reasons={stdpopsim.CiteReason.REC_RATE},
+)
+
+# Recombination rate from Yurchenko et al.
+# which was calculated from a linkage map
+# from a different lizard species, Zootoca vivipara
+# the "common lizard"
+# they estimated male and female recombination rates
+# at 1.49 cM/Mb and 1.69 cM/Mb, respectively
+# we can use the average of the two
+_recombo_rate = 1.59e-8
 
 _recombination_rate = {
     "1": _recombo_rate,
diff --git a/tests/test_AnoCar.py b/tests/test_AnoCar.py
index c6e7df13a..5447176d3 100644
--- a/tests/test_AnoCar.py
+++ b/tests/test_AnoCar.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class TestGenomeData(test_species.GenomeTestBase):
 
     genome = stdpopsim.get_species("AnoCar").genome
 
-    rec_rate = 1e-8  # placeholder as we wait for map
+    rec_rate = 1.59e-8  # placeholder as we wait for map
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         ["name", "rate"],