Liolaemus nigromaculatus

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Liolaemus nigromaculatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Liolaemidae
Genus: Liolaemus
Species:
L. nigromaculatus
Binomial name
Liolaemus nigromaculatus
Wiegmann, 1834

Liolaemus nigromaculatus is a species of tree iguana endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion [2] within Chile. The species was first described in 1834, by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann and was later redescribed in 2013 by Chilean biologists. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Ruiz de Gamboa, M.; Marambio, Y.; Lobos, G. (2017). "Liolaemus nigromaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T178403A69942763. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178403A69942763.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. 2013. Chilean Matorral. Ed. Mark McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
  3. ↑ "A Beautiful Species of Tree Iguana Redescribed 179 Years After Its Discovery". sciencedaily.com. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  4. ↑ Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime; F. Garin; Carlos (2013). "On the identity of Liolaemus nigromaculatus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania, Liolaemidae) and correction of its type locality". ZooKeys (294): 37–56. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.294.4399 . PMC   3677321 . PMID   23794871.
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