Liolaemus walkeri

Walker's tree iguana
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Liolaemidae
Genus:	Liolaemus
Species:	L. walkeri
Binomial name
*Liolaemus walkeri* Shreve, 1938

Liolaemus walkeri (Walker's tree iguana) is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, walker, is in honor of American herpetologist Warren Franklin Walker, Jr. (1918–2013).^[1]

Geographic range

L. walkeri is found in Peru and Chile.^[2]

References

↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Walker, W.F.", p. 279).
↑ "Liolaemus walkeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

External links

World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Liolaemus walkeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
The Reptile Database: Liolaemus walkeri

Further reading

Shreve B (1938). "A new Liolaemus and two new Syrrhopus from Peru". J. Washington Acad. Sci. 28 (9): 404-407. (Liolaemus walkeri, new species, pp. 404–406).

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