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.

Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri
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
Synonyms[2]
  • Liolaemus lorenzmülleri
    Hellmich, 1950
  • Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri
    — J. Peters et al., 1970

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]

Reproduction

L. lorenzmuelleri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Species Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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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