Liolaemus escarchadosi is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. It is native to Argentina and Chile.
Etymology The specific name, escarchadosi, refers to Los Escarchados, an area in Patagonia.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Liolaemus escarchadosi, p. 85).
Geographic range L. escarchadosi is found in southern Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, and in a small area of adjacent southern Chile.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of L. escarchadosi is grassland, at altitudes of .
Diet L. escarchadosi preys upon beetles.
Reproduction L. escarchadosi is ovoviviparous.
Taxonomy L. escarchadosi belongs to the L. kingii species group.
References
Further reading Breitman MF, Minoli I, Avila LJ, Medina CD, Sites JW, Morando M (2014). "Lagartijas de la provincia de Santa Cruz (Argentina): distribución geográfica, diversidad genética y estado de conservación ". Cuadernos de Herpetología 28 (2): 83–110. (in Spanish). Scolaro JA, Cei JM (1997). "Systematic status and relationships of Liolaemus species of the archeforus and kingii groups: a morphological and taxonumerical approach (Reptilia: Tropiduridae)". Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturale di Torino 15 (2): 369–406. (Liolaemus escarchadosi, new species).