Liolaemus walkeri
Appearance
Liolaemus walkeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Liolaemidae |
Genus: | Liolaemus |
Species: | L. walkeri
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Binomial name | |
Liolaemus walkeri Shreve, 1938
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Liolaemus walkeri is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to South America.
Etymology
The specific name, walkeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Warren Franklin Walker, Jr. (1918–2013).[2]
Geographic range
L. walkeri is found in Peru and Chile.[3]
References
- ^ Aguilar, C. & Perez, J. 2017. Liolaemus walkeri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T12010A48671459. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12010/0 Downloaded on 20 September 2017.
- ^ 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. ("Walker, W.F.", p. 279).
- ^ "Liolaemus walkeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
External links
Further reading
- Shreve B (1938). "A new Liolaemus and two new Syrrhopus from Peru". J. Washington Acad. Sci. 28 (9): 404-407. (Liolaemus walkeri, new species, pp. 404–406).