Liolaemus jamesi, also known commonly as James' tree iguana, James's tree iguana, and el jararanco de James in South American Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is native to western South America. There are two recognized subspecies.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Liolaemidae |
| Genus: | Liolaemus |
| Species: | L. jamesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Liolaemus jamesi (Boulenger, 1891)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, jamesi, is in honor of British businessman Henry Berkeley James (1846–1892), who collected natural history specimens in Chile.[3]
Geographic range
editHabitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of L. jamesi is rocky areas of sandy desert, at altitudes of 3,300–4,700 m (10,800–15,400 ft).[1]
Behavior
editL. jamesi is terrestrial.[1]
Diet
editL. jamesi is omnivorous.[1]
Reproduction
editThe mode of reproduction of L. jamesi has been described as viviparous,[1] and as ovoviviparous.[2]
Subspecies
editTwo subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Liolaemus jamesi aymararum Veloso, Sallaberry, Navarro, Iturra, Valencia, Penna & Díaz, 1982
- Liolaemus jamesi jamesi (Boulenger, 1891)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Liolaemus.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Marambio Y, Ruiz de Gamboa M, Mella J, Nunez H, Valladares P (2016). "Liolaemus jamesi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56063101A56063119. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d Liolaemus jamesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 August 2021.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Liolaemus jamesi, p. 132).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1891). "Description of a new Lizard of the Genus Ctenoblepharis, from Chili". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 3 + Plate I. (Ctenoblepharis jamesi, new species).
- Cei JM (1979). "A Reassessment of the Genus Ctenoblepharis (Reptilia, Sauria, Iguanidae) with a Description of a New Subspecies of Liolaemus multimaculatus from Western Argentina". Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 297–302. (Liolaemus jamesi, new combination).
- Langstroth R (2011). "On the species identities of a complex Liolaemus fauna from the Altiplano and Atacama Desert: insights on Liolaemus stolzmanni, L. reichei, L. jamesi pachecoi, and L. poconchilensis (Squamata: Liolaemidae)". Zootaxa 2809: 20–32.
- Troncoso-Palacios J, Ruiz de Gamboa M, Campbell PD (2019). "Liolaemus jamesi (Boulenger, 1891): restriction of the type locality and holotype characterization (Squamata: Liolaemidae)". Zootaxa 4612 (3): 442–446.
- Veloso A, Sallaberry M, Navarro J, Iturra P, Valencia J, Penna M, Díaz N (1982). "Contribución sistemática al conocimiento de la herpetofauna del extremo norte de Chile". pp. 135–268. In: Veloso, Alberto; Bustos, Eduardo (editors) (1982). El Ambiente Natural y Los Poblaciones Humanas de los Andes del Norte Grande de Chile (Arica, Lat 18° 28' S). Volume I. La Vegetación y los Vertebrados Inferiores de los Pisos Altitudinalis entre Arica y el Lago Chungara. Montevideo, Uruguay: Oficina Regional de Ciencias y Technología de la UNESCO para América Latina y el Caribe. (Liolaemus jamesi aymararum, new subspecies). (in Spanish).
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