Liolaemus hellmichi

Liolaemus hellmichi, commonly known as Hellmich's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. This species is endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion within the nation of Chile.[2][3]

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

Etymology

The specific name, hellmichi, is in honor of German herpetologist Walter Hellmich.[4]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Liolaemus hellmichi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  2. Hogan, C. Michael, and World Wildlife Fund (2013). Chilean matorral. ed. M.McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington, District of Columbia.
  3. Lobo, Fernando (2001). A Phylogenetic Analysis of Lizards of the Liolaemus chiliensis Group (Iguania: Tropiduridae). Herpetological Journal 11 (4): 137-150.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Liolaemus hellmichi, p. 120).

Further reading

  • Donoso Barros R (1975). "Nuevos reptiles y anfibios de Chile ". Boletin de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 48: 217–229. (Liolaemus hellmichi, new species, pp. 224–225). (in Spanish).


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