Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Gravenhorst's Tree Iguana
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Lepidosauria
()
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Iguania
()
- Family:
Tropiduridae
()
- Subfamily:
Liolaeminae
()
- Genus:
Liolaemus
()
- Wiegmann, 1834
- Specific name:
gravenhorstii
- (Gray, 1845)
- Scientific name: - Liolaemus gravenhorstii (Gray, 1845)
- Specific name:
gravenhorstii
- (Gray, 1845)
- Genus:
Liolaemus
(
- Subfamily:
Liolaeminae
(
- Family:
Tropiduridae
(
- Infraorder:
Iguania
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Lepidosauria
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Leiodera gravenhorstii Gray 1845: 211 • Liolaemus gravenhorsti • Liolaemus gravenhorstii — Boulenger 1885: 142 • Liolaemus gravenhorstii — Donoso-Barros 1966: 180 • Liolaemus stantoni Boulenger 1885: 144 • Proctotretus stantoni Girard 1855: 227 • Ptychodeira stantoni Girard 1858: 347
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Named after Johann Ludwig Christian (or Jean Louis Charles)
Gravenhorst (1777 - 1857), German naturalist at the University of
Breslau (Wroclaw, Poland).
Was under Iguanidae.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Liolaemus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 78 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. alticolor (Brilliant Tree Iguana) · L. andinus (Andes Tree Iguana) · L. archeforus (Main Tree Iguana) · L. audituvelatus (Dragon De O) · L. austromendocinus (Austromendocino Tree Iguana) · L. barbarae (Lagartija De B) · L. bibronii (Bibron's Tree Iguana) · L. bisignatus (Philippi's Tree Iguana) · L. bitaeniatus (Striped Tree Iguana) · L. boulengeri (Boulenger's Tree Iguana) · L. buergeri (Buerger's Tree Iguana) · L. capillitas (Hulse's Tree Iguana) · L. ceii (Cei's Tree Iguana) · L. chacoensis (Chaco Tree Iguana) · L. chiliensis (Chilean Tree Iguana) · L. coeruleus (Blue Tree Iguana) · L. constanzae (Constanze's Tree Iguana) · L. cranwelli (Cranwell's Tree Iguana) · L. curicensis (Curicen Tree Iguana) · L. curis (Nu) · L. cyanogaster (Cyan Tree Iguana) · L. darwinii (Darwin's Tree Iguana) · L. donosobarrosi (Donoso-Barros' Tree Iguana) · L. dorbignyi (Dorbigny's Tree Iguana) · L. duellmani (Duellman's Tree Iguana) · L. eleodori (Eleodor's Tree Iguana) · L. elongatus (Elongate Tree Iguana) · L. erroneus (Dragon Grande) · L. fabiani (Yanez's Tree Iguana) · L. fitzgeraldi (Fitzgerald's Tree Iguana) · L. fitzingerii (Fitzinger's Tree Iguana) · L. forsteri (Forster's Tree Iguana) · L. foxi (Lagartija De Fox) · L. fuscus (Brown Tree Iguana) · L. gracilis (Graceful Tree Iguana) · L. gravenhorstii (Gravenhorst's Tree Iguana) · L. griseus (Gray Tree Iguana) · L. hajeki (Lagartija De Cuello Liso De Hajek) · L. hellmichi (Hellmich's Tree Iguana) · L. jamesi (James' Tree Iguana) · L. kriegi (Krieg's Tree Iguana) · L. kuhlmanni (Kuhlman's Tree Iguana) · L. lemniscatus (Wreath Tree Iguana) · L. leopardinus (Leopard Tree Iguana) · L. lineomaculatus (Decorated Tree Iguana) · L. lorenzmuelleri (Lorenz's Tree Iguana) · L. lutzae (Lutz's Tree Iguana) · L. magellanicus (Magellan's Tree Iguana) · L. montanus (Mountain Tree Iguana) · L. monticola (Peak Tree Iguana) · L. multicolor (Many-Colored Tree Iguana) · L. nigriceps (Black Tree Iguana) · L. nigromaculatus (Many-Spotted Tree Iguana) · L. nigroviridis (Black-Green Tree Iguana) · L. nitidus (Shining Tree Iguana) · L. occipitalis (Skull Tree Iguana) · L. ornatus (Lagartija Ornamentada) · L. ortizii (Ortiz's Tree Iguana) · L. pantherinus (Panther Tree Iguana) · L. paulinae (Paulina's Tree Iguana) · L. pictus (Painted Tree Iguana) · L. platei (Braided Tree Iguana) · L. rabinoi (Rabino's Tree Iguana) · L. robertmertensi (Robert's Tree Iguana) · L. robertoi (Lagartija De Roberto) · L. ruibali (Ruibal's Tree Iguana) · L. sanjuanensis (San Juan Tree Iguana) · L. scapularis (Shoulder Tree Iguana) · L. schmidti (Schmidt's Tree Iguana) · L. schroederi (Schroeder's Tree Iguana) · L. signifer (Zodiac Tree Iguana) · L. signifer signifer (Zodiac Tree Iguana) · L. stolzmanni (Stolzmann's Lizard) · L. tenuis (Thin Tree Iguana) · L. uspallatensis (Macola's Tree Iguana) · L. variegatus (Variegated Tree Iguana) · L. walkeri (Walker's Tree Iguana) · L. zapallarensis (Zapallaren Tree Iguana)
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Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 80.
- Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History) 2d. ed., LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1885-87 url p. 142.
- Checklist of herpetofauna listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 28.
- Checklist of reptiles and amphibians listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 36.
- The South American herpetofauna: its origin, evolution, and dispersal / William E. Duellman, editor. Lawrence, Kan.: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1979. url p. 364.
- Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. 1 1950 München: Die Staatssammlung, url p. 164.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Liolaemus gravenhorstii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2541440
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-4181
- IUCN ID: 219723
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 642525
Footnotes
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Liolaemus gravenhorstii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
