Liolaemus umbrifer is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. It is endemic to the Catamarca Province in northwestern Argentina.[1][2][3]
Liolaemus umbrifer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Liolaemidae |
Genus: | Liolaemus |
Species: | L. umbrifer
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Binomial name | |
Liolaemus umbrifer Espinoza & Lobo, 2003[2]
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It is a moderately-sized to large-bodied species. It is brown to black in coloration. It is commonly encountered on rocky hillsides and outcroppings in the Andean foothills at relatively high elevation.
References
edit- ^ a b Abdala, S. (2016). "Liolaemus umbrifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56155840A56155892. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56155840A56155892.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Espinosa, Robert E. & Lobo, Fernando (March 2003). "Two new species of Liolaemus lizards from northwestern Argentina: speciation within the northern subclade of the elongatus group (Iguania: Liolaemidae)". Herpetologica. 59 (1): 89–105. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0089:TNSOLL]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Liolaemus umbrifer at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 September 2019.