Subphylum Vertebrata Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Suborder Sauria | |
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Similar Liolaemus constanzae, Liolaemus atacamensis, Liolaemus nigriceps, Liolaemus cyanogaster, Liolaemus fuscus | ||
Lagartija de fabi n liolaemus fabiani
Liolaemus fabiani, commonly known as Yanez's tree iguana and Fabian's lizard (Spanish: Lagartija de Fabian), is a species of lizard in the genus Liolaemus in the family Iguanidae.
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Etymology
The specific name, fabiani, is in honor of Chilean ecologist Fabián Jaksic.
Geographic range
L. fabiani is endemic to the Salar de Atacama, the Atacama salt flat, in northern Chile.
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.
Description
Principle diagnostic features 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."