Liolaemus hellmichi

Liolaemus hellmichi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Liolaemus
Species: L. hellmichi
Binomial name
Liolaemus hellmichi
Donoso-Barros, 1975

Liolaemus hellmichi, commonly known as Hellmich's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. This species is endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion within the nation of Chile.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, hellmichi, is in honor of German herpetologist Walter Hellmich.[4]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Liolaemus hellmichi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  2. Hogan, C. Michael, and World Wildlife Fund. 2013. Chilean matorral. ed. M.McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington, District of Columbia.
  3. Lobo, Fernando. 2001. A Phylogenetic Analysis of Lizards of the Liolaemus chiliensis Group (Iguania: Tropiduridae). Herpetological Journal 11 (4): 137-150.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Liolaemus hellmichi, p. 120).

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