gaymilesedgeworth: typhlonectes: CURRENT WORK IN HERPETOLOGY: New Iguana Discovered in Chile During
gaymilesedgeworth:typhlonectes:CURRENT WORK IN HERPETOLOGY:New Iguana Discovered in ChileDuring a field trip at 3000 m above sea level, a group of scientists, led by Jaime Troncoso-Palacios, Universidad de Chile, discovered a new endemic iguana species, in the mountains of central Chile. Noticeably different in size and scalation, compared to the rest of the local lizards, what initially grabbed the biologists’ attention was its colouration. Not only was it unlike the already described ones, but also appeared surprisingly consistent within the collected individuals, even regardless of their sex. Eventually, it was this peculiar uniformity that determined the lizard’s name Liolaemus uniformis. The study is published in the open-access journal ZooKeys…(read more: PhysOrg)photograph: Jaime Troncoso-Palacios look at this new lizard -- source link
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