Diplolaemus

Diplolaemus is a genus of lizards in the family Leiosauridae. The genus is endemic to southern South America.

Diplolaemus
Diplolaemus bibronii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Leiosauridae
Genus:	Diplolaemus Bell, 1843
Red = D. darwinii Yellow = D. leopardinus Green = D. sexcinctus Blue = D. bibronii

Species

Diplolaemus contains the following four species:^[1]

• Diplolaemus bibronii Bell, 1843 – Bibron's iguana^[2]

Range: Argentina (Patagonia from Santa Cruz to Aysén and Magallanes), Chile

• Diplolaemus darwinii Bell, 1843 – Darwin's iguana^[2]

Range: Argentina (Patagonia, Santa Cruz), Chile

• Diplolaemus leopardinus (F. Werner, 1898) – leopard iguana

Range: Argentina (Patagonia, Neuquen)

• Diplolaemus sexcinctus Cei, Scolaro & Videla, 2003

Range: Argentina, Chile

References

1. Diplolaemus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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 (1843). 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).