Liolaemus paulinae

Liolaemus paulinae is classified as Critically Endangered — facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild — because population sizes are very small, declining sharply, or restricted to a tiny range. Liolaemus paulinae faces severe threats from mining activities and infrastructure development within its extremely restricted range in the Chilean Andes. The species' tiny population is highly vulnerable to habitat degradation from copper mining operations and associated road construction. Climate change poses an additional threat through altered precipitation patterns and temperature increases at high elevations, potentially making the already marginal habitat unsuitable for this cold-adapted lizard.

Liolaemus paulinae occurs in Chile. Country-level distribution data is sourced from the IUCN Red List and cross-referenced with GBIF occurrences.

The main threats to Liolaemus paulinae are 1.1, 8.1, ai-1, and ai-2. The full IUCN-classified threat record for this species is detailed on the species page.