Liolaemus platei

Liolaemus platei, known by the common name braided tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to Chile.

Liolaemus platei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Liolaemidae
Genus: Liolaemus
Species:
L. platei
Binomial name
Liolaemus platei
F. Werner, 1898

Geographic range and habitat

This taxon, L. platei, is endemic to the Chilean Matorral ecoregion,[2] ranging from Antofagasta Region in the north through the Atacama Region to the Coquimbo Region in the south.[1]

Taxonomy

L. platei was described as a species new to science in the year 1898 by Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.[3][4] Liolaemus curicensis was formerly considered a subspecies of L. platei.[4]

Etymology

The specific name, platei, is in honor of German zoologist Ludwig Hermann Plate.[5]

Conservation status

L. platei is classified by the IUCN as Least Concern.[1]

Reproduction

L. platei is oviparous.[4]

References

  1. Marambio, Y.; Avilés, R.; Espejo, P.; Garin, C.; Nunez, J.; Ortiz, J.C.; Sallabery, N.; Victoriano, P.; Vidal, M. (2016). "Liolaemus platei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178450A69942923. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T178450A69942923.en. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. Hogan & World Wildlife Fund 2013.
  3. Werner 1898.
  4. Liolaemus platei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2021.
  5. Beolens et al. 2011.

Further reading

  • 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 platei, p. 208).
  • Núñez H, Veloso A (2001). "Distribución geográfica de las especies de lagartos de la región de Antofagasta, Chile ". Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. 50: 109–120. (in Spanish).
  • Werner, Franz (1898). "Die Reptilien und Batrachier der Sammlung Plate ". Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Oekol. Geogr. Tiere (suppl. 4): 244–278. (Liolaemus platei, new species). (in German).


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