Liolaemus fittkaui LAURENT, 1986

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Liolaemus fittkaui LAURENT 1986 Liolaemus fittkaui — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999 Liolaemus fitkaui — QUINTEROS et al. 2008
Distribution	Bolivia (Cochabamba) Type locality: “Región des Cochabamba, Bolivia”
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: ZSM 17/1983, male, collected by H. Marcus, no date. Four paratypes in UMMZ according to the original description.
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Professor Dr. Ernst Josef Fittkau (b. 1927), an entomologist (specializing in Diptera), and herpetologist who was Director, Zoologische Staatssammlung München (1976-1992).
References	Abdala CS, Aguilar-Kirigin AJ, Semhan RV, Bulacios Arroyo AL, Valdes J, Paz MM, et al. 2019. Description and phylogeny of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) endemic to the south of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0225815 - get paper here Abdala, C.S.; S. Quinteros & R.E. Espinoza 2008. Two new species of Liolaemus (iguania: Liolaemidae) from the Puna of Northwestern Argentina. Herpetologica 64 (4): 458–471 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Dirksen, L. & De la Riva, I. 1999. The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography. Graellsia 55: 199-215 - get paper here Jiménez-Robles, Octavio; Pablo Butron-Galvez, René Carpio, and Ignacio De la Riva 2016. Revised distribution, phenotypic variation, and conservation status of Liolaemus fittkaui (Squamata: Liolaemidae), a lizard endemic to the Andes of Central Bolivia. Phyllomedusa 15 (1): 7-20 - get paper here Laurent R F 1986. Descripciones de nuevas Iguanidae del genero Liolaemus. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 38 (2): 87-105 Quinteros, A.S.; Abdala, Cristian and Fernando Lobo 2008. Redescription of Liolaemus dorbignyi Koslowsky, 1898 and description of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 1717: 51-67 - get paper here Stuart‐Fox, D., Aulsebrook, A., Rankin, K.J., Dong, C.M. and McLean, C.A. 2020. Convergence and divergence in lizard colour polymorphisms. Biological Reviews - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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