Liolaemus kingii

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Avila, L.|author-link=species:Luciano Javier Ávila |date=2016 |title=Liolaemus kingii |volume=2016|page=e.T56064105A56064133| url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/56064105/56064133|access-date=22 November 2022}}

| genus = Liolaemus

| species = kingii

| authority = (Bell, 1843)

| synonyms= *Proctotretus kingii
{{small|Bell, 1843}}

Rhytidodeira kingii
{{small|— Girard, 1858}}
Liolaemus kingii
{{small|— Boulenger, 1885}}

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Liolaemus kingii, also known commonly as King's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is native to Argentina and Chile.{{NRDB species|genus=Liolaemus |species=kingii|access-date=23 August 2021}}

Etymology

The specific name, kingii, is in honor of Australian marine surveyor Philip Parker King.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Liolaemus kingii, p. 141).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. kingii are shrubland, sandbanks, and coastal hills, at altitudes from sea level to {{cvt|1,340|m|ft}}.

Diet

L. kingii has a mostly insectivorous diet, but also eats plant material.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of L. kingii has been described as viviparous and as ovoviviparous, both terms meaning that it gives birth to live young.

Taxonomy

L. kingii is one of 13 species in the L. kingii species group.