''Liolaemus boulengeri'', also known
commonly as Boulenger's tree iguana, is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Liolaemidae.
The species is
endemic to
Argentina.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''boulengeri'', is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist
George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botani ...
.
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
Grayson may refer to:
Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
United States
* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
* Grayson, Kentucky
* Grayson, Louisiana
* Gray ...
(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Liolaemus boulengeri'', p. 34).
Geographic range
''L. boulengeri'' is found central Argentina in the provinces of
Chubut Chubut may refer to:
* Chubut Province, Argentina
* Chubut River in the Chubut Province
* Chubut steamer duck
The Chubut steamer duck or white-headed flightless steamer duck (''Tachyeres leucocephalus'') is a flightless duck endemic to Argenti ...
,
Mendoza,
Neuquén, and
Santa Cruz.
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]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of ''L. boulengeri'' are grassland and shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
, at altitudes of .
Behavior
''L. boulengeri'' is terrestrial.
Diet
''L. boulengeri'' preys
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...
upon insects.
Reproduction
''L. boulengeri'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.[
]
References
Further reading
* Abdala CS (2007). "Phylogeny of the ''boulengeri'' group (Iguania: Liolaemidae: ''Liolaemus'') based on morphological and molecular characters". ''Zootaxa'' 1538: 1–84.
* Koslowsky J (1898). "''Enumeración sistemática y distribución geográfica de los reptiles argentinos'' ". ''Revista del Museo de La Plata'' 8: 161–200 + Plates I–VIII. (''Liolaemus boulengeri'', new species, p. 176–177 + Plate III). (in Spanish).
* Minoli I, Morando M, Avila LJ (2015). "Reptiles of Chubut province, Argentina: richness, diversity, conservation status and geographic distribution maps". ''ZooKeys'' 498: 103–126.
* Schulte JA, Macey JR, Espinoza RE, Larson A (2000). "Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus ''Liolaemus'': multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal". ''Biological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 69 (1): 75–102.
boulengeri
Reptiles described in 1898
Reptiles of Argentina
Taxa named by Julio Germán Koslowsky
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