Liolaemus cyanogaster

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| image = CYANOGASTER.JPG

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite journal |author=Avila, L. |author-link=species:Luciano Javier Ávila |author2=Vidal, M. |author2-link=species:Marcela A. Vidal |author3=Ortiz, J.C. |author3-link=species:Juan Carlos Ortíz-Zapata |author4=Nunez, J. |author4-link=species:José Joel Nuñez |author5=Avilés, R. |author6=Sallabery, N. | title = Liolaemus cyanogaster | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2016 | page = e.T56052461A56052635 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2016 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/56052461/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56052461A56052635.en | access-date = 9 December 2017| doi-access = free }}

| genus = Liolaemus

| species = cyanogaster

| authority = (A.M.C. Dumeril & Bibron, 1837)

| synonyms = *Proctotretus cyanogaster
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  • Liolaemus cyanogaster
    {{small|— Gray, 1845}}
  • Ptychodeira cyanogaster
    {{small|— Girard, 1858}}
  • Liolaemus cyanogaster
    {{small|— Boulenger, 1885}}

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Liolaemus cyanogaster, also known commonly as the cyan tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to Chile, being abundant between Concepción and Puerto Montt.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).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. cyanogaster are grassland, shrubland, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to {{cvt|800|m|ft}}.

Diet

L. cyanogaster preys upon insects.

Reproduction

L. cyanogaster is viviparous.{{EMBL species|genus=Liolaemus|species=cyanogaster}} www.reptile-database.org.

References

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Further reading

  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1837). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome quatrième [= General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles, Volume 4]. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. ii + 571 pp. + errata et emendanda. (Proctotretus cyanogaster, new species, pp. 273–276). (in French).
  • Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Liolæmus cyanogaster, new combination, p. 212).

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cyanogaster

Category:Lizards of South America

Category:Endemic fauna of Chile

Category:Reptiles of Chile

Category:Reptiles described in 1837

Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril

Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron

Category:Fauna of the Valdivian temperate forests

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