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Liolaemus platei

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Species of reptile

Liolaemus platei
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Liolaemidae
Genus: Liolaemus
Species: L. platei
Binomial name
Liolaemus platei
F. Werner, 1898

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.

Geographic range and habitat

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

Taxonomy

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

Etymology

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

Conservation status

L. platei is classified by the IUCN as Least Concern.

Reproduction

L. platei is oviparous.

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 20 November 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.

External links

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).
Taxon identifiers
Liolaemus platei


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