Liolaemus josei is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to Argentina.
Etymology The specific name, josei, is in honor of José Simón Abdala who is the father of the describer, and is Professor of Dentistry at Universidad de Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina.Beolens B; Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Liolaemus josei, p. 136).
Geographic range L. josei is found in La Pampa Province and Mendoza Province, Argentina.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of L. josei is savanna, at altitudes of .
Reproduction L. josei is oviparous.
References
Further reading Abdala CS (2005). "Dos nuevas especies del género Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) y redescripción de Liolaemus boulengeri (Koslowsky, 1898)". Cuadernos de Herpetología 19 (1): 3–33. (Liolaemus josei, new species). (in Spanish). Abdala CS (2007). "Phylogeny of the boulengeri group (Iguania: Liolaemidae: Liolaemus) based on morphological and molecular characters". Zootaxa 1538: 1–84. (in English with an abstract in Spanish).