Liolaemus rabinoi

Liolaemus rabinoi
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Liolaemidae
Genus:	Liolaemus
Species:	L. rabinoi
Binomial name
Liolaemus rabinoi (Cei, 1974)
Synonyms [2]
Ctenoblepharis rabinoi Cei, 1974 Liolaemus rabinoi — Cei, 1978 Liolaemus (Ortholaemus) rabinoi — Laurent, 1984

Liolaemus rabinoi, commonly known as Rabino's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to Argentina. ^[2]

Etymology

Both the specific name, rabinoi, and the common name, Rabino's tree iguana, are in honor of "M. Rabino" who was the collector of the holotype. ^[3]

References

1. Abdala, S. (2016). "Liolaemus rabinoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T12009A61317656. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T12009A61317656.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Liolaemus rabinoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 February 2021.
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 rabinoi, p. 215).

Further reading

• Cei JM (1974). "Two new species of Ctenoblepharis (Reptilia: Iguanidae) from the arid environment of central Argentina (Mendoza Province)". Journal of Herpetology8 (1): 71–75. (Ctenoblepharis rabinoi, new species).