Liolaemus paulinae

Liolaemus paulinae is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae.[1]

Liolaemus paulinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Liolaemidae
Genus: Liolaemus
Species:
L. paulinae
Binomial name
Liolaemus paulinae

Etymology

Both the specific name, paulinae, and the common name, Paulina's tree iguana, are in honor of Paulina who is one of the daughters of Roberto Donoso-Barros.[2]

Geographic range

L. paulinae is endemic to the Antofagasta Region of Chile.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of L. paulinae is shrubland.[1] The holotype was collected at an elevation of 2,600 metres (8,500 ft).[3]

Reproduction

L. paulinae is viviparous.[3]

References

  1. Espejo, P.; Lobos, G.; Mella, J.; Nunez, H.; Ruiz de Gamboa, M.; Valladares, P. (2017). "Liolaemus paulinae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T12008A69941033. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T12008A69941033.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 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 paulinae, p. 202).
  3. Species Liolaemus paulinae at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Donoso-Barros R (1961). "Three New Lizards of the Genus Liolaemus from the Highest Andes of Chile and Argentina". Copeia 1961 (4): 387–391. (Liolaemus paulinae, new species, p. 387).
  • Donoso-Barros R (1966). Reptiles de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones de la Universidad de Chile. 458 + cxlvi pp., 32 color plates, 175 black-and-white plates, text figures, maps. (in Spanish).
  • Núñez, Herman; Veloso, Alberto (2001). "Distribución geográfica de las especies de lagartos de la Región de Antofagasta, Chile". Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 50: 109–120. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).


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