Liolaemus platei, known by the common name braided tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to Chile.
Geographic range and habitat This taxon, L. platei, is endemic to the Chilean Matorral ecoregion,Hogan & World Wildlife Fund 2013. ranging from Antofagasta Region in the north through the Atacama Region to the Coquimbo Region in the south.
Taxonomy L. platei was described as a species new to science in the year 1898 by Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.Werner 1898. Liolaemus curicensis was formerly considered a subspecies of L. platei.
Etymology The specific name, platei, is in honor of German zoologist Ludwig Hermann Plate.Beolens et al. 2011.
Conservation status L. platei is classified by the IUCN as Least Concern.
Reproduction L. platei is oviparous.
References
External links Hogan, C. Michael, & World Wildlife Fund (2013). Chilean Matorral. Ed. Mark McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC.
Further reading Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Liolaemus platei, p. 208). Núñez H, Veloso A (2001). "Distribución geográfica de las especies de lagartos de la región de Antofagasta, Chile ". Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. 50: 109–120. (in Spanish). Werner, Franz (1898). "Die Reptilien und Batrachier der Sammlung Plate ". Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Oekol. Geogr. Tiere (suppl. 4): 244–278. (Liolaemus platei, new species). (in German).