Liolaemus platei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Liolaemidae |
Genus: | Liolaemus |
Species: | L. platei
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Binomial name | |
Liolaemus platei F. Werner, 1898
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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.
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]
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]
The specific name, platei, is in honor of German zoologist Ludwig Hermann Plate.[5]
L. platei is classified by the IUCN as Least Concern.[1]