Liolaemus aparicioi explained

Liolaemus aparicioi is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to Bolivia.

Etymology

The specific name, aparicioi, is in honor of Bolivian herpetologist James Aparicio Effen.

Geographic range

L. aparicioi is found in western Bolivia, in La Paz Department.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. aparicioi is dry forest, at altitudes of .

Description

Small for its genus, L. aparicio may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about, with a tail length almost twice SVL.

Behavior

L. aparicioi is terrestrial.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of L. aparicioi is unknown.

Further reading

• Ocampo, Mauricio

Aguilar-Kirigin, Álvaro; Quinteros, Sebastián (2012). "A New Species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) of the alticolor Group from La Paz, Bolivia". Herpetologica 68 (3): 410–417. (Liolaemus aparicioi, new species). (in English, with an Abstract in Spanish).

• Miranda-Calle, Alejandro Bruno; Pacheco, Luis F.; Aparicio, James; Méndez-De la Cruz, Fausto R. (2021). "Thermoregulation of Liolaemus aparicioi (Iguania: Liolaemidae) along a 1000 m elevational gradient in La Paz Valley, La Paz, Bolivia". Journal of Thermal Biology 99: 102940.
• Quinteros, Andrés Sebastián (2013). "A morphology-based phylogeny of the Liolaemus alticolor-bibronii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae)". Zootaxa 3670 (1): 1–32.