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 Donoso-Barros, 1975 | |
Etymology
The specific name, hellmichi, is in honor of German herpetologist Walter Hellmich.[4]
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Lobo, Fernando (2001). A Phylogenetic Analysis of Lizards of the Liolaemus chiliensis Group (Iguania: Tropiduridae). Herpetological Journal 11 (4): 137-150.
- 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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