Liolaemus gravenhorstii
| Liolaemus gravenhorstii | |
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| 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) | |
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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 2 "Liolaemus gravenhorstii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Liolaemus gravenhorstii . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ↑ 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).
Further reading
- Gray JE. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Leiodera gravenhorstii, new species, p. 211).
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