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Issue: Vol. 3947 No. 1: 14 Apr. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.1.4
Page range: 67–84
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the lizard clade Liolaemus elongatus (Iguania: Liolaemini) with the description of a new species from an isolated volcanic peak in northern Patagonia

Centro Nacional Patagónico – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, U9120ACD Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
Centro Nacional Patagónico – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, U9120ACD Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
Centro Nacional Patagónico – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, U9120ACD Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
Department of Biology and Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 4029 LSB, Provo, UT (84602), USA
Centro Nacional Patagónico – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, U9120ACD Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
Argentina Liolaemidae Liolaemus elongatus clade Liolaemus crandalli sp. nov. northwestern Patagonia

Abstract

A new species of the Andean-Patagonian Liolaemus elongatus clade is described. Liolaemus crandalli sp. nov. differs from other members of its clade by a combination of coloration characters, scale counts and genetic traits. Liolaemus crandalli sp. nov. is known only from an isolated volcanic mountain in northwestern Patagonia above 1500 m.a.s.l. unconnected with other habitat suitable for species of the Liolaemus elongatus clade.