''Liolaemus aparicioi'' is a species of

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in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to

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Etymology

The

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, ''aparicioi'', is in honor of Bolivian herpetologist James Aparicio Effen.

Geographic range

''L. aparicioi'' is found in western Bolivia, in La Paz Department.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of ''L. aparicioi'' is dry forest, at altitudes of .

Description

Small for its genus, ''L. aparicio'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about , with a tail length almost twice SVL.

Behavior

''L. aparicioi'' is terrestrial.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of ''L. aparicioi'' is unknown.

References

* Ocampo, Mauricio; Aguilar-Kirigin, Álvaro; Quinteros, Sebastián (2012). "A New Species of ''Liolaemus'' (Iguania: Liolaemidae) of the ''alticolor'' Group from La Paz, Bolivia". ''Herpetologica'' 68 (3): 410–417. (''Liolaemus aparicioi'', new species). (in English, with an Abstract in Spanish). *Miranda-Calle, Alejandro Bruno; Pacheco, Luis F.; Aparicio, James; Méndez-De la Cruz, Fausto R. (2021). "Thermoregulation of ''Liolaemus aparicioi'' (Iguania: Liolaemidae) along a 1000 m elevational gradient in La Paz Valley, La Paz, Bolivia". ''Journal of Thermal Biology'' 99: 102940. *Quinteros, Andrés Sebastián (2013). "A morphology-based phylogeny of the ''Liolaemus alticolor-bibronii'' group (Iguania: Liolaemidae)". ''Zootaxa'' 3670 (1): 1–32. aparicioi Reptiles described in 2012 Reptiles of Bolivia Taxa named by Andrés Sebastián Quinteros {{Lizard-stub