Liolaemus rabinoi Cei, 1974
Rabino's tree iguana
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1974-75 (1982?)
Rediscovered in 2010
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Mendoza province, Argentina
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Cei, J. M. (1974). Two new species of Ctenoblepharis (Reptilia, Iguanidae) from the arid environments of the central Argentina (Mendoza Province). Journal of Herpetology 8(1): 71-75.
Other references:
Abdala, S. (2016). Liolaemus rabinoi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T12009A61317656. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T12009A61317656.en. Downloaded on 16 February 2017.
Abdala, C.S., Acosta, J.L., Acosta, J.C., Álvarez, B.B., Arias, F., Avila, L.J., Blanco, M.G., Bonino, M., Boretto, J.M., Brancatelli, G., Breitman, M.F., Cabrera, M.R., Cairo, S., Corbalán, V., Hernando, A., Ibargüengoytía, N.R., Kacorilis, F., Laspiur, A., Montero, R., Morando, M., Pelegrín Nicolás, Pérez, C.H.F., Quinteros, A.S., Semhan, R.V., Tedesco, M.E., Vega, L. and Zalba, S.M. 2012. Categorización del estado de conservación de las lagartijas y anfisbenas de la República Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetología 26 (Supl. 1): 215-248.
Abdala, C. S. et al. (2017). Rediscovery of Liolaemus rabinoi (Iguania: Liolaemidae) after 35 years: redescription, biological and phylogenetic information, and conservation challenges. Salamandra 53(1): 114-125.
Avila, L.J., Martínez, L.E. and Morando, M. 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616(3): 201-238.
Avila, L.J., Morando, M., Perez, D.R. and Sites Jr., J.W. 2009. A new species of Liolaemus from Añelo sand dunes, northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina, and molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus wiegmannii species group (Squamata, Iguania, Liolaemini). Zootaxa 2234: 34-55.
Etheridge, R. 2000. A review of lizards of the Liolaemus wiegmannii group (Squamata, Iguania, Tropiduridae), and a history of morphological change in the sand-dwelling species. Herpetological Monographs 14: 293-352.
Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
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