Biology:Liolaemus foxi
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Liolaemidae |
| Genus: | Liolaemus |
| Species: | L. foxi
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| Liolaemus foxi Núñez, Navarro & Veloso, 2000
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Liolaemus foxi, also known commonly as Fox’s lizard and la lagartija de Fox in Chilean Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae.[1] The species is endemic to Chile .
Etymology
The specific name, foxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Stanley Forrest Fox.[2]
Geographic range
L. foxi is found in northern Chile,[1] in Antofagasta Region.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. foxi is sandy desert with rocky areas, at altitudes of 3,300–3,739 m (10,827–12,267 ft).[3]
Reproduction
L. foxi is ovoviviparous.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Liolaemus foxi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 August 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 foxi, p. 93).
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Further reading
- Demangel D (2016). Reptiles en Chile. Santiago de Chile: Fauna Nativa Ediciones. 619 pp. ISBN 9789569801006. (in Spanish).
- Núñez H, Navarro J, Veloso A (2000). "Liolaemus foxi, una nueva especie de lagarto para el norte de Chile (Squamata: Reptilia: Sauria)". Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile 49 (1): 117–130. (Liolaemus foxi, new species). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
- Pincheira-Donoso D, Núñez H (2005). "Las especies chilenas del género Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania: Tropiduridae: Liolaeminae) taxonomía, sistemática y evolución ". Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile (59): 7–486. (Liolaemus foxi, pp. 126–131, Figure 7). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
Wikidata ☰ Q5088583 entry
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