Liolaemus foxi

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Nunez [sic], H. |author-link=species:Herman Núñez |author2=Ruiz de Gamboa, M. |author2-link=species:Margarita Ruiz de Gamboa |date=2016 |title=Liolaemus foxi |volume=2016 |page=e.T56060266A56060291 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56060266A56060291.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Liolaemus

| species = foxi

| authority = 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.{{NRDB species|genus=Liolaemus |species=foxi|access-date=23 August 2021}} The species is endemic to Chile.

Etymology

The specific name, foxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Stanley Forrest Fox.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).

Geographic range

L. foxi is found in northern Chile, in Antofagasta Region.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. foxi is sandy desert with rocky areas, at altitudes of {{cvt|3,300|–|3,739|m|ft}}.

Reproduction

L. foxi is ovoviviparous.

Liolaemus foxi

Etymology

Geographic range

Habitat

Reproduction

References

Further reading