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Issue: Vol. 5081 No. 2: 10 Dec. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-12-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5081.2.5
Page range: 263-274
Abstract views: 297
PDF downloaded: 19

Liolaemus duellmani Cei, 1978 (Reptilia: Squamata: Liolaemini), redescription of the holotype and variation in a microendemic and inadequately known species of Liolaemus from Northwestern Patagonia

Grupo de Herpetología Patagónica-Laboratorio de Sistemática, Biogeografía y Biología Evolutiva (GHP-LASIBIBE) - Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (IPEEC-CONICET), Boulevard Almirante Guillermo Brown 2915, 9120, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
Grupo de Herpetología Patagónica-Laboratorio de Sistemática, Biogeografía y Biología Evolutiva (GHP-LASIBIBE) - Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (IPEEC-CONICET), Boulevard Almirante Guillermo Brown 2915, 9120, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina 2Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB), Boulevard Almirante Guillermo Brown 3051, U9120ACD Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
Grupo de Herpetología Patagónica-Laboratorio de Sistemática, Biogeografía y Biología Evolutiva (GHP-LASIBIBE) - Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (IPEEC-CONICET), Boulevard Almirante Guillermo Brown 2915, 9120, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina 2Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB), Boulevard Almirante Guillermo Brown 3051, U9120ACD Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
Reptilia Liolaemus montanus group redescription Endemism Southern High Andes

Abstract

Liolaemus duellmani is a microendemic lizard described from southern Mendoza, Argentina, representing the southernmost distribution of the Liolaemus montanus species group. The original description was based on a small batch of preserved material and a juvenile collected alive. Along the years, this poorly known species was rarely collected or observed in the field, with no additional reports or findings published until a recent description of an adult female which was considered as a rediscovery of the species. Here, we redescribe the species and describe variation on external morphology, coloration, and some natural history observations.

 

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