| Liolaemus gallardoi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Liolaemidae |
| Genus: | Liolaemus |
| Species: | L. gallardoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Liolaemus gallardoi | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Liolaemus gallardoi is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae.[2] The species is endemic to Argentina.
Etymology
The specific name, gallardoi, is in honor of Argentinian herpetologist José María Alfonso Félix Gallardo.[3]
Geographic range
L. gallardoi is found in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina,[2] in the vicinity of Belgrano Lake.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. gallardoi is shrubland, at altitudes of 1,000–1,300 m (3,300–4,300 ft).[1]
Diet
Reproduction
L. gallardoi is viviparous[1] (ovoviviparous).[2]
Taxonomy
L. gallardoi belongs to the L. kingii species group.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Avila, L.; Cruz, F.; Espinoza, R.E. (2016). "Liolaemus gallardoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T177930A61321229. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T177930A61321229.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Liolaemus gallardoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 August 2021.
- ↑ 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 gallardoi, p. 97).
Further reading
- Ávila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238.
- Breitman MF, Minoli I, Ávila LJ, Medina CD, Sites JW, Morando M (2014). "Lagartijas de la provincia de Santa Cruz (Argentina): distribución geográfica, diversidad genética y estado de conservación ". Cuadernos de Herpetología 28 (2): 83–110. (in Spanish).
- Cei JM, Scolaro JA (1982). "Un nuevo iguanido tropidurino del genero Liolaemus, grupo kingi archeforus, de la región del Lago belgrano, Santa Cruz, Argentina ". Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto 2 (2): 257–268. (Liolaemus archeforus gallardoi, new subspecies). (in Spanish).
- Cei JM, Scolaro JA (1996). "A new species of Liolaemus of the archeforus group from the precordilleran valley of the Zeballos river, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina (Reptilia: Tropiduridae)". Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 14 (2): 389–401. (Liolaemus gallardoi, new taxonomic status).
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