Diplolaemus
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Diplolaemus
Bell, 1843
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| Red = D. darwinii Yellow = D. leopardinus Green = D. sextinctus Blue = D. bibronii |
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Diplolaemus is a genus of lizards in the family Leiosauridae, endemic to southern South America.
Species
Diplolaemus contains the following four species:[1]
- Diplolaemus bibronii Bell, 1843 – Bibron's iguana[2]
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- Range: Argentina (Patagonia from Santa Cruz to Aysén and Magallanes), Chile.
- Diplolaemus darwinii Bell, 1843 – Darwin's iguana[2]
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- Range: Argentina (Patagonia, Santa Cruz), Chile
- Diplolaemus leopardinus (F. Werner, 1898) – leopard iguana
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- Range: Argentina (Patagonia, Neuquen)
- Diplolaemus sexcinctus Cei, Scolaro & Videla, 2003
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- Range: Argentina, Chile
References
- ↑ Diplolaemus, The Reptile Database.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Diplolaemus bibronii, p. 25; D. darwinii, p. 65).
Further reading
- Bell T. In Darwin C. 1843. The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., During the Years 1832 to 1836. Part V. Reptiles. London: Smith, Elder and Co. vi + 50 pp. + Plates 1-20. (Diplolæmus, new genus, p. 19).
- Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I- XXIV. (Genus Diplolæmus, p. 125).
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