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Liolaemus nigromaculatus (Wiegmann, 1834) is a animal in the Liolaemidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Liolaemus nigromaculatus (Wiegmann, 1834) (Liolaemus nigromaculatus (Wiegmann, 1834))
Animalia

Liolaemus nigromaculatus (Wiegmann, 1834)

Liolaemus nigromaculatus (Wiegmann, 1834)

Liolaemus nigromaculatus is an endemic Chilean tree iguana species first described in 1834 and redescribed in 2013.

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Family
Genus
Liolaemus
Order
Class
Squamata

About Liolaemus nigromaculatus (Wiegmann, 1834)

Scientific Classification

Liolaemus nigromaculatus (Wiegmann, 1834) is a species of tree iguana.

Distribution

It is endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion located within Chile.

Taxonomic History

This species was first formally described in 1834 by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann, and it was later redescribed in 2013 by Chilean biologists.

Photo: (c) Bastian Riveros Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bastian Riveros Flores · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Liolaemidae Liolaemus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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