Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri

Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Iguania
Family:Liolaemidae
Genus:Liolaemus
Species: L. lorenzmuelleri
Binomial name
Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri
Hellmich, 1950

Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri, commonly known as Lorenz's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to Chile.

Etymology

The specific name, lorenzmuelleri, is in honor of German herpetologist Lorenz Müller.[2]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri, pp. 160, 184).

Further reading

  • Hellmich W. 1950. "Die Eidechsen der Ausbeute Schröder (Gattung Liolaemus, Iguan.) (Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Herpetofauna Chiles. XIII.) ". Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München 1: 129-194. (Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri, new species, pp. 144–146 + Plate 12, Figures 26-27). (in German).


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