Liolaemus hellmichi DONOSO-BARROS, 1975
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Higher Taxa | Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Hellmich's Tree Iguana |
Synonym | Liolaemus hellmichi DONOSO-BARROS 1975 Liolaemus (Liolaemus) hellmichi — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & NÚÑEZ 2005: 422 Liolaemus hellmichi — RUIZ DE GAMBOA ASTROZA et al. 2017 |
Distribution | Chile
Type locality: Chile, Antofagasta, Cerro Moreno
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MZUC 394 (Mus. Zool. Univ. Concepción) |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | LOBO (2001) suggests the following monophyletic species groups within Liolaemus: alticolor, altissimus, gravenhorstii, hellmichi, kriegi, leopardinus, monticola, nigromaculatus, nigroviridis, pictus and tenuis. |
Etymology | Named after Walter Hellmich (1906-1974), German zoologist. |
References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - get paper here
- Donoso-Barros,R. 1975. Nuevos reptiles y anfibios de Chile. Bol. Soc. Biol. Concepcion 48 [1974]: 217-229 - get paper here
- Lobo, Fernando 2001. A Phylogenetic Analysis of Lizards of the Liolaemus chiliensis Group (Iguania: Tropiduridae). The Herpetological Journal 11 (4):137-150 - get paper here
- Marambio-Alfaro, Yery, Jaime Troncoso-Palacios 2014. Una nueva especie de Liolaemus del grupo de L. nigromaculatus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) para la Región de Atacama, Chile. Basic and Applied Herpetology 28: 65-77 - get paper here
- Núñez, H. and A. Veloso 2001. Distribución geográfica de las especies de lagartos de la región de Antofagasta, Chile. Bol. Mus. Nac.Hist. Nat. 50: 109-120
- PINCHEIRA-DONOSO, Daniel & HERMAN NÚÑEZ 2005. The Chilean species of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania, Tropiduridae, Liolaeminae). Taxonomy, systematics and evolution [in Spanish] Mus Nac Hist Nat Chile Publ Ocas 59: 1-486 - get paper here
- Ruiz De Gamboa Astroza, Margarita Valeria; Ferrú González, Marcos 2017. Hallazgo de una segunda población de Liolaemus hellmichi Donoso-Barros, 1975 (Squamata: Liolaemidae) en el norte de Chile. Cuad. herpetol. 32 (2): - get paper here
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