Liolaemus gravenhorstii

Liolaemus gravenhorstii, commonly known as Gravenhorst's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to South America.[3]

Liolaemus gravenhorstii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Liolaemidae
Genus: Liolaemus
Species:
L. gravenhorstii
Binomial name
Liolaemus gravenhorstii
(Gray, 1845)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leiodera gravenhorstii
    Gray, 1845
  • Proctotretus stantoni
    Girard, 1855
  • Ptychodeira stantoni
    — Girard, 1858
  • Liolaemus gravenhorstii
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Liolaemus stantoni
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Liolaemus gravenhorstii
    — Donoso-Barros, 1996

Etymology

The specific name, gravenhorstii, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst.[4]

Geographic range

L. gravenhorstii is found in western Argentina (in the provinces of Mendoza and San Juan) and in central Chile.[2]

References
  1. Avilés, R., Garin, C., Victoriano, P., Vidal, M., Nunez, J., Sallabery, N., Ortiz, J.C., Espejo, P. & Valladares, P. (2019). "Liolaemus gravenhorstii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T40794A61317803.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Liolaemus gravenhorstii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Liolaemus gravenhorstii . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  4. 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).

Further reading
  • 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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