Liolaemus constanzae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	SQUAMATA	TROPIDURIDAE

Scientific Name:

Liolaemus constanzae

Species Authority:

Donoso-Barros 1961

Common Name/s:

English	–	Constanze's Tree Iguana
Spanish	–	Lagartija De Constanza

Synonym/s:

Liolaemus donosoi Ortiz, 1975

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2010

Assessor/s:

Espinoza, R.

Reviewer/s:

Böhm, M., Collen, B. & Ram, M. (Sampled Red List Index Coordinating Team)

Contributor/s:

De Silva, R., Milligan, HT, Wearn, O.R., Wren, S., Zamin, T., Sears, J., Wilson, P., Lewis, S., Lintott, P. & Powney, G.

Justification:
Liolaemus constanzae is listed as Least Concern in view of its moderately large distribution, and lack of major threats impacting on it.

History:

1996	–	Data Deficient
1994	–	Rare (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in the San Pedro de Atacama Valley in Antofagasta, Chile, Salta in Argentina, and probably also in the state of Potosi, Bolivia.
Countries:	Native: Argentina (Salta); Chile (Antofagasta) Presence uncertain: Bolivia
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Population [top]

Population:	There are no population data available for this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is omnivorous and is found in the interior desert and into the puna shrubland.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no widespread threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

There are no widespread threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are currently no conservation measures in place or needed for this species.

Conservation Actions:

There are currently no conservation measures in place or needed for this species.

Bibliography [top]

	Donoso-Barros, R. 1961. Three new lizards of the genus Liolaemus from the highest Andes of Chile and Argentina. Copeia 1961(4): 387-391. IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010). Nunez, H. and Veloso, A. 2001. Distribucion geografica de las especies de lagartos de la region de Antofagasta, Chile. Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 50: 109-120. Peters, J.A. and Donoso-Barros, R. 1986. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC. Vidal, M. 2004. Reptiles terrestres de Chile. Guías de Identificación y Biodiversidad Fauna Chilena. Apuntes de Zoología, Universidad Arturo Prat,, Iquique, Chile.

Donoso-Barros, R. 1961. Three new lizards of the genus Liolaemus from the highest Andes of Chile and Argentina. Copeia 1961(4): 387-391.

IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010).

Nunez, H. and Veloso, A. 2001. Distribucion geografica de las especies de lagartos de la region de Antofagasta, Chile. Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 50: 109-120.

Peters, J.A. and Donoso-Barros, R. 1986. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC.

Vidal, M. 2004. Reptiles terrestres de Chile. Guías de Identificación y Biodiversidad Fauna Chilena. Apuntes de Zoología, Universidad Arturo Prat,, Iquique, Chile.

Citation:	Espinoza, R. 2010. Liolaemus constanzae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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