Liolaemus hellmichi, commonly known as Hellmich's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. This species is endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion within the nation of Chile.Hogan, C. Michael, and World Wildlife Fund (2013). Chilean matorral. ed. M.McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington, District of Columbia.Lobo, Fernando (2001). A Phylogenetic Analysis of Lizards of the Liolaemus chiliensis Group (Iguania: Tropiduridae). Herpetological Journal 11 (4): 137-150.
Etymology The specific name, hellmichi, is in honor of German herpetologist Walter Hellmich.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Liolaemus hellmichi, p. 120).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of L. hellmichi is desert, at altitudes of .
Diet L. hellmichi preys upon arthropods.
Reproduction L. hellmichi is oviparous. www.reptile-database.org.
References
Further reading Donoso Barros R (1975). "Nuevos reptiles y anfibios de Chile ". Boletin de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 48: 217–229. (Liolaemus hellmichi, new species, pp. 224–225). (in Spanish). Pincheira-Donoso D, Núñez H (2005). "Las especies chilenas del género Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania: Tropiduridae: Liolaeminae) taxonomía, sistemática y evolución ". Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Chile (59): 1–486. (Liolaemus hellmichi, pp. 422–425, Figure 79). (in Spanish). Ruiz de Gamboa Astroza M, Ferrú González M (2017). "Hallazgo de una segunda población de Liolaemus hellmichi Donoso-Barros, 1975 (Squamata: Liolaemidae) en el norte de Chile". Cuadernos de Herpetología 31 (2): 129–130. (in Spanish).