Liolaemus fabiani

Liolaemus fabiani, also known commonly as Fabian's lizard (Spanish: lagartija de Fabián) and Yanez's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the genus Liolaemus in the family Liolaemidae.[2] The species is native to Chile.

Liolaemus fabiani
Liolaemus fabiani in the Salar de Atacama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Liolaemidae
Genus: Liolaemus
Species:
L. fabiani
Binomial name
Liolaemus fabiani
Yáñez & Núñez, 1983

Etymology

The specific name, fabiani, is in honor of Chilean ecologist Fabián Jaksic.[3]

Geographic range

L. fabiani is endemic to the Salar de Atacama, the Atacama salt flat, in northern Chile.[4]

The species was first described by José L. Yáñez and Herman Núñez in 1983, from a sample collected at a high elevation, 2,450 m (8,040 ft), near San Pedro de Atacama in Llano de Vilama in September 1981 by the Chilean National Museum of Natural History.[5]

Description

Principle diagnostic features of L. fabiani are: "subtriangular head with temporal and occipital regions more prominent than in other species of the genus; dorsal humeral scales smooth and triangular; color pattern ornamented with red and black spots."[5]

Reproduction

L. fabiani is viviparous.[6]

References
  1. Nunez H, Valladares P, Ruiz de Gamboa M, Mella J, Marambio Y (2017). "Liolaemus fabiani ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T56060171A56060173. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T56060171A56060173.en. Downloaded on 21 January 2021.
  2. Liolaemus fabiani Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
  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 fabiani, p. 88).
  4. Escobar, Claudio M. et al. (2003). "Chemical Composition of Precloacal Secretions of Two Liolaemus fabiani Populations: Are They Different?". Journal of Chemical Ecology 29 (3): 629.
  5. Yáñez, José L.; Núñez, Herman (1983)."Liolaemus fabiani, a New Species of Lizard from Northern Chile (Reptilia: Iguanidae)". Copeia 1983 (3): 788-790.
  6. Species Liolaemus fabiani at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.


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