Liolaemus walkeri

Liolaemus walkeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Iguania
Family:Liolaemidae
Genus:Liolaemus
Species: L. walkeri
Binomial name
Liolaemus walkeri
Shreve, 1938

Liolaemus walkeri is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, walkeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Warren Franklin Walker, Jr. (1918–2013).[2]

Geographic range

L. walkeri is found in Peru and Chile.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Aguilar, C. & Perez, J. 2017. Liolaemus walkeri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T12010A48671459. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12010/0 Downloaded on 20 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Walker, W.F.", p. 279).
  3. ↑ "Liolaemus walkeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Shreve B (1938). "A new Liolaemus and two new Syrrhopus from Peru". J. Washington Acad. Sci. 28 (9): 404-407. (Liolaemus walkeri, new species, pp. 404–406).


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