Liolaemus fabiani

Liolaemus fabiani
	Liolaemus fabiani in the Salar de Atacama
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Liolaemidae
Genus:	Liolaemus
Species:	L. fabiani
Binomial name
	Liolaemus fabiani; Yáñez & Núñez, 1983

Liolaemus fabiani, also known commonly as Fabian's lizard (Spanish: lagartija de Fabián) and Yanez's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the genus Liolaemus in the family Liolaemidae.^[2] The species is native to Chile.

Etymology

The specific name, fabiani, is in honor of Chilean ecologist Fabián Jaksic.^[3]

Geographic range

L. fabiani is endemic to the Salar de Atacama, the Atacama salt flat, in northern Chile.^[4]

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.^[5]

Description

Principle diagnostic features of L. fabiani 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."^[5]

Reproduction

L. fabiani is viviparous.^[6]

References

^ Nunez, H.; Valladares, P.; Ruiz de Gamboa, M.; Mella, J.; Marambio, Y. (2017). "Liolaemus fabiani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T56060171A56060173. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T56060171A56060173.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Liolaemus fabiani Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
^ 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 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.
^ ^a ^b Yáñez, José L.; Núñez, Herman (1983)."Liolaemus fabiani, a New Species of Lizard from Northern Chile (Reptilia: Iguanidae)". Copeia 1983 (3): 788-790.
^ Species Liolaemus fabiani at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] Nunez, H.; Valladares, P.; Ruiz de Gamboa, M.; Mella, J.; Marambio, Y. (2017). "Liolaemus fabiani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T56060171A56060173. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T56060171A56060173.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[2] Liolaemus fabiani Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

[3] 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 fabiani, p. 88).

[4] 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.

[Yáñez-5] Yáñez, José L.; Núñez, Herman (1983)."Liolaemus fabiani, a New Species of Lizard from Northern Chile (Reptilia: Iguanidae)". Copeia 1983 (3): 788-790.

[6] Species Liolaemus fabiani at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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