Liolaemus fabiani
| Liolaemus fabiani | |
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| Liolaemus fabiani in the Salar de Atacama | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Iguanidae |
| Genus: | Liolaemus |
| Species: | L. fabiani |
| Binomial name | |
| Liolaemus fabiani Yáñez & Núñez, 1983 | |
Liolaemus fabiani, commonly known as Yanez's tree iguana and Fabian's lizard (Spanish: Lagartija de Fabian), is a species of lizard in the genus Liolaemus in the family Iguanidae.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, fabiani, is in honor of Chilean ecologist Fabián Jaksic.[2]
Geographic range
L. fabiani is endemic to the Salar de Atacama, the Atacama salt flat, in northern Chile.[3]
The species was first described by José L. Yáñez and Herman Núñez in 1983, from a sample collected at a high elevation, 2,450 m (8,040 ft), near San Pedro de Atacama in Llano de Vilama in September 1981 by the Chilean National Museum of Natural History.[4]
Description
Principle diagnostic features are: "subtriangular head with temporal and occipital regions more prominent than in other species of the genus; dorsal humeral scales smooth and triangular; color pattern ornamented with red and black spots."[4]
References
- ↑ Liolaemus fabiani Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
- ↑ 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 fabiani, p. 88).
- ↑ Escobar, Claudio M. et al. 2003. Chemical Composition of Precloacal Secretions of Two Liolaemus fabiani Populations: Are They Different? Journal of Chemical Ecology 29 (3): 629.
- 1 2 Yáñez, José L.; Núñez, Herman. 1983.Liolaemus fabiani, a New Species of Lizard from Northern Chile (Reptilia: Iguanidae). Copeia 1983 (3): 788-790.
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