Liolaemus lutzae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	SQUAMATA	TROPIDURIDAE

Scientific Name:	Liolaemus lutzae
Species Authority:	Mertens, 1938
Taxonomic Notes:	Was under Iguanidae.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1c, B1+2c ver 2.3

Year Published:

2000

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Rocha, C.F.D.

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Liolaemus lutzae is endemic to Brazil. It restricted to approximately 200 km of coastline, occurring on the beaches and "restingas" of the state of Rio de Janeiro. These areas have diminished over the last few decades due to the expansion of urban areas.

History:

1996	–	Data Deficient
1994	–	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
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Population [top]

Population Trend:	Decreasing

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Bibliography [top]

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Martins, M., in litt. Rocha, C.F.D. 1985. Liolaemus lutzae (Sauria: Iguanidae): um problema para manejo e conservação. Bol. FBCN 20: 106-108. Rocha, C.F.D. and Bergallo, H.G. 1992. Population decrease: the case of Liolaemus lutzae, an endemic lizard of Southeastern Brazil. Ciência e Cultura 44(1): 52-54.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Martins, M., in litt.

Rocha, C.F.D. 1985. Liolaemus lutzae (Sauria: Iguanidae): um problema para manejo e conservação. Bol. FBCN 20: 106-108.

Rocha, C.F.D. and Bergallo, H.G. 1992. Population decrease: the case of Liolaemus lutzae, an endemic lizard of Southeastern Brazil. Ciência e Cultura 44(1): 52-54.

Citation:	Rocha, C.F.D. 2000. Liolaemus lutzae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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