| Liolaemus escarchadosi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Liolaemidae |
| Genus: | Liolaemus |
| Species: | L. escarchadosi |
| Binomial name | |
| Liolaemus escarchadosi Scolaro, 1997 | |
Liolaemus escarchadosi is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is native to Argentina and Chile.
Etymology
The specific name, escarchadosi, refers to Los Escarchados, an area in Patagonia.
Geographic range
L. escarchadosi is found in southern Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, and in a small area of adjacent southern Chile.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. escarchadosi is grassland, at altitudes of 40–1,200 m (130–3,940 ft).
Diet
L. escarchadosi preys upon beetles.
Reproduction
L. escarchadosi is ovoviviparous.
Taxonomy
L. escarchadosi belongs to the L. kingii species group.
References
- ^ Avila, L. (2016). "Liolaemus escarchadosi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T56059651A56059655. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56059651A56059655.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Liolaemus escarchadosi 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 escarchadosi, p. 85).
Further reading
- Breitman MF, Minoli I, Avila LJ, Medina CD, Sites JW, Morando M (2014). "Lagartijas de la provincia de Santa Cruz (Argentina): distribución geográfica, diversidad genética y estado de conservación ". Cuadernos de Herpetología 28 (2): 83–110. (in Spanish).
- Scolaro JA, Cei JM (1997). "Systematic status and relationships of Liolaemus species of the archeforus and kingii groups: a morphological and taxonumerical approach (Reptilia: Tropiduridae)". Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturale di Torino 15 (2): 369–406. (Liolaemus escarchadosi, new species).
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