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.
References
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.