Liolaemus gravenhorstii

Liolaemus gravenhorstii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Liolaemus
Species: L. gravenhorstii
Binomial name
Liolaemus gravenhorstii
(Gray, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Leiodera gravenhorstii
    Gray, 1845
  • Proctotretus stantoni
    Girard, 1855
  • Ptychodeira stantoni
    — Girard, 1858
  • Liolaemus gravenhorstii
    Boulenger, 1885
  • Liolaemus stantoni
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Liolaemus gravenhorstii
    Donoso-Barros, 1996 [1]

Liolaemus gravenhorstii, commonly known as Gravenhorst's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to South America.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, gravenhorstii, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst.[3]

Geographic range

L. gravenhorstii is found in western Argentina (in the provinces of Mendoza and San Juan) and in central Chile.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Liolaemus gravenhorstii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Liolaemus gravenhorstii . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Liolaemus gravenhorstii, p. 106).

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