''Liolaemus casamiquelai'' is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Liolaemidae
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.
The species is
endemic
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to
Argentina
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.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''casamiquelai'', is in honor of Argentine paleontologist
Rodolfo Magín Casamiquela.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Liolaemus casamiquelai'', p. 49).]
Geographic range
''L. casamiqeulai'' is found in
Río Negro Province, Argentina.
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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of ''L. casamiquelai'' is desert
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, at altitudes of .
References
Further reading
* Avila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". ''Zootaxa'' 3613 (3): 201–238.
*Avila LJ, Perez CHF, Morando M, Sites JW Jr (2010). "A new species of ''Liolaemus'' (Reptilia: Squamata) from southwestern Rio Negro province, northern Patagonia, Argentina". ''Zootaxa'' 2434: 47–59. (''Liolaemus casamiquelai'', new species).
casamiquelai
Reptiles described in 2010
Reptiles of Argentina
Taxa named by Luciano Javier Ávila
Taxa named by Mariana Morando
Taxa named by Jack W. Sites Jr.
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