Liolaemus multimaculatus
This photograph corresponds to a record of Liolaemus multimaculatus made in Reserva Natural Faro Querandí, Buenos Aires, Argentina on 09/12/2011. The photograph was published by Esteban Argerich and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
Especie argentina en peligro de extinción. La lagartija de los médanos (Liolaemus multimaculatus) habita la costa atlántica de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Su coloración la ayuda a confundirse con los terrenos por los que se mueve. Su habilidad para enterrarse, su reducido tamaño - apenas 8 cm., incluyendo la cola - (de la cual se desprende al huir de un depredador para confundirlo) y la forma en que se desplaza sobre las arenas calientes deja ver, a los científicos, su relación evolutiva con l
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Liolaemidae |
| Scientific name: | Liolaemus multimaculatus |
| English Name: | |
| Spanish Name: | Lagartija de los Médanos |
| Portuguese Name: | |
| Sex: | N/A |
| Life stage: | Adult |
| Registration date: | 09/12/2011 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Province / Department: | Buenos Aires |
| Location or protected area: | Reserva Natural Faro Querandí |
| Location accuracy: | Low |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | |
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| Photography ID: | 10617 View Full Record |
| Manufacturer: | Canon |
| Camera model: | Canon EOS 7D |
| Shutter speed: | 1/4000 |
| Aperture: | 7.1 |
| ISO Sensitivity: | 400 |
| Focal length: | 400mm |
| Creation date: | 2011:12:09 10:36:20 |
| Using Flash: | Si |
| Publication date: | 12/12/2011 20:17:19 |
