Liolaemus fabiani

Liolaemus fabiani
	Liolaemus fabiani in the Salar de Atacama
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Liolaemidae
Genus:	Liolaemus
Species:	L. fabiani
Binomial name
	Liolaemus fabiani; Yáñez & Núñez, 1983

Liolaemus fabiani, commonly known as Yanez's tree iguana and Fabian's lizard (Spanish: lagartija de Fabián), is a species of lizard in the genus Liolaemus in the family Liolaemidae.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, fabiani, is in honor of Chilean ecologist Fabián Jaksic.[2]

Geographic range

L. fabiani is endemic to the Salar de Atacama, the Atacama salt flat, in northern Chile.[3]

The species was first described by José L. Yáñez and Herman Núñez in 1983, from a sample collected at a high elevation, 2,450 m (8,040 ft), near San Pedro de Atacama in Llano de Vilama in September 1981 by the Chilean National Museum of Natural History.[4]

Description

Principle diagnostic features of L. fabiani are: "subtriangular head with temporal and occipital regions more prominent than in other species of the genus; dorsal humeral scales smooth and triangular; color pattern ornamented with red and black spots."[4]

References

Liolaemus fabiani Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
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. (Liolaemus fabiani, p. 88).
Escobar, Claudio M. et al. (2003). "Chemical Composition of Precloacal Secretions of Two Liolaemus fabiani Populations: Are They Different?". Journal of Chemical Ecology 29 (3): 629.
Yáñez, José L.; Núñez, Herman (1983)."Liolaemus fabiani, a New Species of Lizard from Northern Chile (Reptilia: Iguanidae)". Copeia 1983 (3): 788-790.

External links

Photograph of L. fabiani.

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[1] Liolaemus fabiani Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

[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. (Liolaemus fabiani, p. 88).

[3] Escobar, Claudio M. et al. (2003). "Chemical Composition of Precloacal Secretions of Two Liolaemus fabiani Populations: Are They Different?". Journal of Chemical Ecology 29 (3): 629.

[Yáñez-4] Yáñez, José L.; Núñez, Herman (1983)."Liolaemus fabiani, a New Species of Lizard from Northern Chile (Reptilia: Iguanidae)". Copeia 1983 (3): 788-790.