Diplolaemus is a genus of lizards in the family Leiosauridae. The genus is endemic to southern South America.
| Diplolaemus | |
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| Diplolaemus bibronii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Leiosauridae |
| Genus: | Diplolaemus Bell, 1843 |
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| Red = D. darwinii Yellow = D. leopardinus Green = D. sexcinctus Blue = D. bibronii | |
Species
editDiplolaemus contains the following four species:[1]
- Diplolaemus bibronii Bell, 1843 – Bibron's iguana[2]
- Range: Argentina (Patagonia from Santa Cruz to Aysén and Magallanes), Chile
- Diplolaemus darwinii Bell, 1843 – Darwin's iguana[2]
- Range: Argentina (Patagonia, Santa Cruz), Chile
- Diplolaemus leopardinus (F. Werner, 1898) – leopard iguana
- Range: Argentina (Patagonia, Neuquen)
- Diplolaemus sexcinctus Cei, Scolaro & Videla, 2003
- Range: Argentina, Chile
References
edit- ^ Diplolaemus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b 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. (Diplolaemus bibronii, p. 25; D. darwinii, p. 65).
Further reading
edit- Bell T (1843). In: Darwin C (1843). The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., During the Years 1832 to 1836. Part V. Reptiles. London: Smith, Elder and Co. vi + 50 pp. + Plates 1-20. (Diplolæmus, new genus, p. 19).
- 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. (Genus Diplolæmus, p. 125).
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