Endangered
Liolaemus fabiani
Liolaemus fabiani
Liolaemus fabiani is an iguanian lizard in the family Liolaemidae, recorded as Endangered.
Appearance
Principle diagnostic features of L. Fabiani are: "subtriangular head with temporal and occipital regions more prominent than in other species of the genus. Dorsal humeral scales smooth and triangular; color pattern ornamented with red and black spots." Liolaemus fabiani, called Fabian's lizard, Yanez's tree iguana, and lagartija de Fabián in Spanish, is a lizard in the family Liolaemidae.
The species was first described by José L.
Range and habitat
L. Fabiani is endemic to the Salar de Atacama, the Atacama salt flat, in northern Chile. L. Fabiani usually lives in hot desert, at altitudes of 2,300–3,000 m (7,500–9,800 ft), where it is found near water, and has been observed swimming in search of prey.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
In crisis
Liolaemus fabiani is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Liolaemus fabiani, Wikidata item Q3726474. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
