Liolaemus laurenti is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to Argentina.
Etymology The specific name, laurenti, is in honor of Belgian herpetologist Raymond Ferdinand Laurent.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Liolaemus laurenti, p. 152).
Geographic range L. laurenti is found in northwestern Argentina, in the provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, and San Juan.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of L. laurenti is sandy shrubland, at altitudes of .
Behavior L. laurenti is terrestrial.
Reproduction L. laurenti is oviparous.
Taxonomy L. laurenti is a member of the L. darwinii species group.
References
Further reading Ávila, Luciano Javier; Femenías, Martín Miguel; Pérez, Cristian Hernán Fulvio; Morando, Mariana (2021). "Nuevas especies de Liolaemus para la herpetofauna de la provincia de La Rioja, Argentina". Cuadernos de Herpetología 35 (S1): 223–228. (in Spanish). Etheridge RE (1992). "A new psammophilius lizard of the genus Liolaemus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from northwestern Argentina". Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 10 (1): 1–19. (Liolaemus laurenti, new species). Etheridge RE (1993). "Lizards of the Liolaemus darwinii complex (Squamata: Iguania: Tropiduridae) in northern Argentina". Boll. Mus. Regionale Sci. Nat. Torino 11 (1): 137–199. (Liolaemus laurenti, p. 179). Schulte JA, Macey JR, Espinoza RE, Larson A (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence of recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (1): 75–102.