Liolaemus fitzgeraldi, commonly known as Fitzgerald's tree iguana and la lagartija de Aconcagua (in Spanish), is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. It is native to southwestern South America.
Etymology The specific name, fitzgeraldi, is in honor of mountaineer Edward Arthur FitzGerald.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Liolaemus fitzgeraldi, p. 90).
Geographic range L. fitzgeraldi is found in the Andes in Argentina (Mendoza Province, San Juan Province) and Chile (Coquimbo Region, Valparaíso Region.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of L. fitzgeraldi are shrubland and grassland, at altitudes of .
Reproduction L. fitzgeraldi is ovoviviparous.
References
Further reading Acosta JC, Ortiz G, Murúa F (2000). "Geographic Distribution. Liolaemus fitzgeraldi ". Herpetological Review 31: 185. Avila LJ, Soto E (1997). "Geographic Distribution. Liolaemus fitzgeraldi (Lagartija de Aconcagua)". Herpetological Review 28 (2): 96. Boulenger GA (1899). "Reptiles". pp. 355–356. In: FitzGerald EA (1899). The Highest Andes: A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the Exploration of the Surrounding Valleys. London: Methuen & Co. xvi + 390 pp. (Liolaemus fitzgeraldi, new species, p. 55). Pincheira-Donoso D, Núñez H (2005). "Las especies chilenas del género Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania: Tropiduridae: Liolaeminae) taxonomía, sistemática y evolución ". Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Chile (59): 1–486. (Liolaemus fitzgeraldi, pp. 182–186, Figure 28). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).