Liolaemus gravenhorstii, commonly known as Gravenhorst's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to South America.[1]
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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. gravenhorstii
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| Binomial name | |
| Liolaemus gravenhorstii (Gray, 1845)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, gravenhorstii, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst.[3]
Geographic range
editAs of 2023, L. gravenhorstii is found in central Chile and differs from the two populations reported by Cei and Videla (2001) for Argentina,[4][5] which may belong to another species.[1] In Chile, L. gravenhorstii has confirmed distribution records for the Región Metropolitana and potential records for the O’Higgins and Valparaíso regions.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Avilés, R.; Garin, C.; Victoriano, P.; Vidal, M.; Nunez [sic], J.; Sallabery [sic], N.; Ortiz [sic], J.C.; Espejo, P.; Valladares, P. (2019). "Liolaemus gravenhorstii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T40794A61317803. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T40794A61317803.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Species Liolaemus gravenhorstii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 gravenhorstii, p. 106).
- ^ Cei, JM; Videla, F (2001). "Una rara especie de Liolaemus (Reptilia, Tropiduridae) de la herpetofauna cuyana, con distribución trans-cisandina" (PDF). Multequina. 10: 35–42. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
- ^ a b Pincheira-Donoso, D; Núñez, H (2005). "Las especies chilenas del género Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania: Tropiduridae: Liolaeminae): Taxonomía, sistemática y evolución " (PDF). Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. 59: 1–486. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
- ^ Lamilla-Maulén, Pablo; Rojas-Araos, Felipe (2023). "Liolaemus gravenhorstii (Gray 1845) (Squamata, Liolaemidae): revisión de sus registros distribucionales históricos y actuales para nuevos desafíos de investigación " (PDF). Boletín Chileno de Herpetología. 10. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Liolæmus gravenhorstii, new combination, pp. 142-143 + Plate X, figures 1, 1a).
- Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Leiodera gravenhorstii, new species, p. 211).
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