Liolaemus paulinae

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Liolaemus paulinae
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Liolaemidae
Genus:	Liolaemus
Species:	L. paulinae
Binomial name
*Liolaemus paulinae* Donoso-Barros, 1961

Liolaemus paulinae is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae.^[1]

Etymology

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Both the specific name, paulinae, and the common name, Paulina's tree iguana, are in honor of Paulina who is one of the daughters of Roberto Donoso-Barros.^[2]

Geographic range

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L. paulinae is endemic to the Antofagasta Region of Chile.

Habitat

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The preferred habitat of L. paulinae is shrubland.^[1] The holotype was collected at an elevation of 2,600 metres (8,500 ft).^[3]

Reproduction

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L. paulinae is viviparous.^[3]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c Espejo, P.; Lobos, G.; Mella, J.; Nunez, H.; Ruiz de Gamboa, M.; Valladares, P. (2017). "Liolaemus paulinae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T12008A69941033. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T12008A69941033.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ 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 paulinae, p. 202).
^ ^a ^b Species Liolaemus paulinae at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Donoso-Barros R (1961). "Three New Lizards of the Genus Liolaemus from the Highest Andes of Chile and Argentina". Copeia 1961 (4): 387–391. (Liolaemus paulinae, new species, p. 387).
Donoso-Barros R (1966). Reptiles de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones de la Universidad de Chile. 458 + cxlvi pp., 32 color plates, 175 black-and-white plates, text figures, maps. (in Spanish).
Núñez, Herman; Veloso, Alberto (2001). "Distribución geográfica de las especies de lagartos de la Región de Antofagasta, Chile". Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 50: 109–120. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).

Taxon identifiers
Liolaemus paulinae	Wikidata: Q3727481 CoL: 3V6KN EoL: 457791 GBIF: 2460492 iNaturalist: 39149 IRMNG: 11182713 ITIS: 1055884 IUCN: 12008 NCBI: 235419 Open Tree of Life: 812643 RD: paulinae

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