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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Liolaemidae |
| Genus: | Liolaemus |
| Species: | L. messii
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| Liolaemus messii Ruiz, Quipildor, Ruiz-Monachesi, Escalante, Valdecantos, & Lobo, 2021
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Liolaemus messii is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is found in Argentina[1] and is named after Argentine footballer Lionel Messi.[2][3]
- ^ Liolaemus messii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 August 2021.
- ^ Ruiz S, Quipildor M, Ruiz-Monachesi MR, Escalante L, Valdecantos S, Lobo F (2021). "Fichas de TB&G NOA - Liolaemus messii". Temas de Biologia y Geologia del NOA (in Spanish). 11 (1): 8. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Un lagarto y un pequeño fósil, las dos primeras especies con nombre científico en honor de Messi". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 8 June 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.