User:Spirit LG/Liolaemus chiliensis
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Liolaemus chiliensis (Chilean tree iguana) is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. It is also called the weeping or crying lizard in English. Synonyms for this species include "Liodeira chilensis" and Calotes chiliensis."[1] Less commonly, it is called the Talcahuano Smooth-throated Lizard.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Liolaemidae |
Genus: | Liolaemus |
Species: | L. chiliensis |
Binomial name | |
Liolaemus chiliensis (Lesson, 1830) | |
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This species is well known for its distress calls, although the sound of these calls does not resemble weeping or crying.
Chiliensis is derived from its country of origin, Chile. It is endemic to central Chile and southwestern Neuquen Province, Argentina. This iguanid lizard is found inhabitting bushes and branches in open forests and ecotonal scrublands or scrub-steppes, chiefly in the Chilean Matorral ecoregion.[3]