Liolaemus Fittkaui
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''Liolaemus fittkaui'' is a species of
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in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to
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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 ...
, ''fittkaui'', is in honor of German herpetologist Ernst Josef Fittkau. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Liolaemus fittkaui'', p. 90).


Geographic range

''L. fittkaui'' is found in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.


Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of ''L. fittkaui'' are forest and grassland, at altitudes of .


Reproduction

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


References


Further reading

* Dirksen L, De la Riva I (1999). "The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography". ''Graellsia'' 55: 199–215. (''Liolaemus fittkaui'', p. 206). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish). * Jiménez-Robles O, Butron-Galvez P, Carpio R, De la Riva I (2016). "Revised distribution, phenotypic variation and conservation status of ''Liolaemus fittkaui'' (Squamata: Liolaemidae), a lizard endemic to the Andes of Central Bolivia". ''Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology'' 15 (1): 7–20. (in English, with abstracts in Spanish and Portuguese). * Laurent RF (1986). "''Descripciones de nuevas Iguanidae del genero'' Liolaemus". ''Acta Zoologica Lilloana'' 38 (2): 87–105. (''Liolaemus fittkaui'', new species). (in Spanish). fittkaui Reptiles described in 1986 Reptiles of Bolivia Taxa named by Raymond Laurent {{lizard-stub