Liolaemus platei

Species of reptile

Liolaemus platei

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Suborder:  | Iguania
Family:  | Liolaemidae
Genus:  | Liolaemus
Species:  |

L. platei

Binomial name
Liolaemus platei

F. Werner, 1898

Liolaemus platei, known by the common name braided tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to Chile.

## Geographic range and habitat[edit]

This taxon, L. platei, is endemic to the Chilean Matorral ecoregion,[2] ranging from Antofagasta Region in the north through the Atacama Region to the Coquimbo Region in the south.[1]

## Taxonomy[edit]

L. platei was described as a species new to science in the year 1898 by Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.[3][4] Liolaemus curicensis was formerly considered a subspecies of L. platei.[4]

## Etymology[edit]

The specific name, platei, is in honor of German zoologist Ludwig Hermann Plate.[5]

## Conservation status[edit]

L. platei is classified by the IUCN as Least Concern.[1]

## Reproduction[edit]

L. platei is oviparous.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Marambio, Y.; Avilés, R.; Espejo, P.; Garin, C.; Nunez, J.; Ortiz, J.C.; Sallabery, N.; Victoriano, P.; Vidal, M. (2016). "Liolaemus platei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178450A69942923. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T178450A69942923.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ Hogan & World Wildlife Fund 2013.
3. ^ Werner 1898.
4. ^ a b c Liolaemus platei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2021.
5. ^ Beolens et al. 2011.

## External links[edit]

* Hogan, C. Michael, & World Wildlife Fund (2013). Chilean Matorral. Ed. Mark McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC.

## Further reading[edit]

* 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 platei, p. 208).
* Núñez H, Veloso A (2001). "Distribución geográfica de las especies de lagartos de la región de Antofagasta, Chile ". Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. 50: 109–120. (in Spanish).
* Werner, Franz (1898). "Die Reptilien und Batrachier der Sammlung Plate ". Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Oekol. Geogr. Tiere (suppl. 4): 244–278. (Liolaemus platei, new species). (in German).

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q11796208
* CoL: 3V6KT
* GBIF: 2460365
* iNaturalist: 39142
* IRMNG: 10360305
* ITIS: 1055888
* IUCN: 178450
* NCBI: 235417
* RD: platei
* uBio: 6685918

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