Liolaemus jamesi explained

Liolaemus jamesi, also known commonly as James' tree iguana, James's tree iguana, and el jararanco de James in South American Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is native to western South America. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, jamesi, is in honor of British businessman Henry Berkeley James (1846–1892), who collected natural history specimens in Chile.^[1]

Geographic range

L. jamesi is found in Bolivia and Chile.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. jamesi is rocky areas of sandy desert, at altitudes of .

Behavior

L. jamesi is terrestrial.

Diet

L. jamesi is omnivorous.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of L. jamesi has been described as viviparous, and as ovoviviparous.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

• Liolaemus jamesi aymararum
• Liolaemus jamesi jamesi

Nota bene

A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Liolaemus.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1891). "Description of a new Lizard of the Genus Ctenoblepharis, from Chili". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 3 + Plate I. (Ctenoblepharis jamesi, new species).
• Cei JM (1979). "A Reassessment of the Genus Ctenoblepharis (Reptilia, Sauria, Iguanidae) with a Description of a New Subspecies of Liolaemus multimaculatus from Western Argentina". Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 297–302. (Liolaemus jamesi, new combination).
• Langstroth R (2011). "On the species identities of a complex Liolaemus fauna from the Altiplano and Atacama Desert: insights on Liolaemus stolzmanni, L. reichei, L. jamesi pachecoi, and L. poconchilensis (Squamata: Liolaemidae)". Zootaxa 2809: 20–32.
• Troncoso-Palacios J, Ruiz de Gamboa M, Campbell PD (2019). "Liolaemus jamesi (Boulenger, 1891): restriction of the type locality and holotype characterization (Squamata: Liolaemidae)". Zootaxa 4612 (3): 442–446.
• Veloso A, Sallaberry M, Navarro J, Iturra P, Valencia J, Penna M, Díaz N (1982). "Contribución sistemática al conocimiento de la herpetofauna del extremo norte de Chile". pp. 135–268. In: Veloso, Alberto; Bustos, Eduardo (editors) (1982). El Ambiente Natural y Los Poblaciones Humanas de los Andes del Norte Grande de Chile (Arica, Lat 18° 28' S). Volume I. La Vegetación y los Vertebrados Inferiores de los Pisos Altitudinalis entre Arica y el Lago Chungara. Montevideo, Uruguay: Oficina Regional de Ciencias y Technología de la UNESCO para América Latina y el Caribe. (Liolaemus jamesi aymararum, new subspecies). (in Spanish).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens B]