Liolaemus foxi explained

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. The species is endemic to Chile.

Etymology

The specific name, foxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Stanley Forrest Fox.^[1]

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 .

Reproduction

L. foxi is ovoviviparous.

Further reading

• Demangel D (2016). Reptiles en Chile. Santiago de Chile: Fauna Nativa Ediciones. 619 pp. . (in Spanish).
• Núñez H, Navarro J, Veloso A (2000). "Liolaemus foxi, una nueva especie de lagarto para el norte de Chile (Squamata: Reptilia: Sauria)". Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile 49 (1): 117–130. (Liolaemus foxi, new species). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
• Pincheira-Donoso D, Núñez H (2005). "Las especies chilenas del género Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania: Tropiduridae: Liolaeminae) taxonomía, sistemática y evolución ". Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile (59): 7–486. (Liolaemus foxi, pp. 126–131, Figure 7). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]