Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri
Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri, commonly known as Lorenz's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to Chile.
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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 | |
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Etymology
The specific name, lorenzmuelleri, is in honor of German herpetologist Lorenz Müller.[3]
Geographic range
L. lorenzmuelleri is found in Coquimbo Region, Chile.[2]
References
- 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.
- Species Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- 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 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 lorenzmülleri, new species, pp. 144–146 + Plate 12, Figures 26-27). (in German).
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