Liolaemus hellmichi
| Liolaemus hellmichi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Iguanidae |
| Genus: | Liolaemus |
| Species: | L. hellmichi |
| Binomial name | |
| Liolaemus hellmichi Donoso-Barros, 1975 | |
Liolaemus hellmichi, commonly known as Hellmich's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. This species is endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion within the nation of Chile.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, hellmichi, is in honor of German herpetologist Walter Hellmich.[4]
References
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Liolaemus hellmichi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ↑ Hogan, C. Michael, and World Wildlife Fund. 2013. Chilean matorral. ed. M.McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington, District of Columbia.
- ↑ Lobo, Fernando. 2001. A Phylogenetic Analysis of Lizards of the Liolaemus chiliensis Group (Iguania: Tropiduridae). Herpetological Journal 11 (4): 137-150.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Liolaemus hellmichi, p. 120).
Further reading
- Donoso Barros R. 1975. "Nuevos reptiles y anfibios de Chile ". Boletin de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 48: 217-229. (Liolaemus hellmichi, new species, pp. 224-225). (in Spanish).
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