Liolaemus platei
| Liolaemus platei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Liolaemidae |
| Genus: | Liolaemus |
| Species: | L. platei |
| Binomial name | |
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Liolaemus platei F. Werner, 1898 |
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Liolaemus platei is a species of tree iguana, known by the common name braided tree iguana.
This taxon, L. platei, is endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion.
L. platei was originally described as a species new to science in the year 1898 by Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.
The specific name, platei, is in honor of German zoologist Ludwig Hermann Plate.
L. platei is classified by the IUCN as Least Concern.
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