Liolaemus nigromaculatus is a species of tree iguana endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion[2] within Chile. The species was first described in 1834, by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann and was later redescribed in 2013 by Chilean biologists.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Liolaemidae |
| Genus: | Liolaemus |
| Species: | L. nigromaculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Liolaemus nigromaculatus Wiegmann, 1834
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References
edit- ^ Ruiz de Gamboa, M.; Marambio, Y.; Lobos, G. (2017). "Liolaemus nigromaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178403A69942763. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178403A69942763.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. 2013. Chilean Matorral. Ed. Mark McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
- ^ "A Beautiful Species of Tree Iguana Redescribed 179 Years After Its Discovery". sciencedaily.com. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- ^ Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime; F. Garin; Carlos (2013). "On the identity of Liolaemus nigromaculatus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania, Liolaemidae) and correction of its type locality". ZooKeys (294): 37–56. doi:10.3897/zookeys.294.4399. PMC 3677321. PMID 23794871.
External links
edit- Liolaemus nigromaculatus at the Animal Diversity Web
Media related to Liolaemus nigromaculatus at Wikimedia Commons
