Liolaemus espinozai is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. It is native to Argentina.
Etymology The specific name, espinozai, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert Earl Espinoza.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Liolaemus espinozai, p. 85).
Geographic range L. espinozai is endemic to Catamarca Province, Argentina.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of L. espinozai are sand dunes, grassland, and shrubland, at altitudes of .
Diet L. espinozai preys predominately upon ants.
Reproduction L. espinozai is ovoviviparous.
Taxonomy L. espinoza belongs to the L. darwinii species group.
References
Further reading Abdala CS (2005). "Una nueva especie del género Liolaemus perteneciente al complejo darwinii (Iguania: Liolaemidae) de la provincia de Catamarca, Argentina". Revista Española de Herpetología 19: 5–17. (Liolaemus espinozai, new species). (in Spanish). Ávila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa 3613 (3): 201–238. Cabrera, María Paula; Scrocchi-Manfrini, Gustavo José (2020). "Ecología trófica de Liolaemus espinozai Abdala, 2005 (Sauria: Liolaemidae) en Campo El Arenal, Catamarca, Argentina". Cuadernos de Herpetología 34 (1): 17–31. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).