Three new species of the Liolaemus elongatus group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Argentina
2010; Asociación Herpetológica Argentina; Volume: 24; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.31017/977
ISSN1852-5768
AutoresCristian Simón Abdala, Andrés Sebastián Quinteros, Gustavo Scrocchi, Juan Carlos Stazzonelli,
Tópico(s)Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
ResumoWe describe three new species of Liolaemus from Southern Argentina.These new species belong to the monophyletic Liolaemus elongatus group, included within thesubgenus Liolaemus sensu stricto. Two of the new species inhabits in southern MendozaProvince and the other one inhabits in central west Rio Negro Province. The new speciesexhibit character states that distinguish they from all other members of the L. elongatus group.Those character states include color pattern, number of scales in dorsum, shape of temporalscales, and size (among others). Although with those new species we clarify the taxonomicstatus of several populations which belongs to the L. elongatus group, many remain unknown.
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