{"id":791456,"date":"2026-10-04T07:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/791456\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T07:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:04:08","slug":"peru-home-to-296-species-of-lizard-finds-one-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/791456\/","title":{"rendered":"Peru, Home To 296 Species Of lizard, Finds One More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                                                Peru: <\/p>\n<p>Scientists have discovered a new species of lizard in the Peruvian Andes, the Natural History Museum of San Marcos University said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The lizard measures between six and eight centimeters (2.4-3.2 inches) and has distinct coloration depending on sex.<\/p>\n<p>Females have square-shaped spots on their backs, while males have oblique spots and white scales that help them blend into their rocky surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>The lizard feeds on plants and small arthropods, including spiders, beetles, true bugs and insect larvae.<\/p>\n<p>The new species was found at an altitude of more than 4,800 meters (15,750 feet) in the southern Andean region of Arequipa and was given the name Liolaemus archipensis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The description of a new species represents a very important advance for biodiversity in our country,&#8221; biologist Ling Huamani-Valderrama, who led the research, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Peru is home to 296 species of lizard, according to the biologist. The discovery was published in the Swiss scientific journal Diversity.<\/p>\n<p>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peru: Scientists have discovered a new species of lizard in the Peruvian Andes, the Natural History Museum of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[260554,113090,143174,5121,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-791456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-liolaemus-archipensis","tag-lizard","tag-lizard-species","tag-peru","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}