Leiosaurus catamarcensis KOSLOWSKY, 1898

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Higher Taxa	Leiosauridae (Leiosaurinae), Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Leiosaurus catamarcensis KOSLOWSKY 1898: 169 Aperopristis catamarcensis — MÜLLER 1922 Leiosaurus catamarcensis — GALLARDO 1961: 114 Leiosaurus catamarcensis — CEI 1993: 214 Aperopristis catamarcensis — FROST et al. 2001 Leiosaurus catamarcensis — FROST et al. 2001 Leiosaurus catamarcensis — PYRON 2017 Leiosaurus catamarcensis — AVILA et al. 2021 Leiosaurus catamarcensis — CARVALHO et al. 2023
Distribution	NW Argentina (San Juan, La Rioja, Mendoza, Catamarca) Type locality: Provincia de Catamarca
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MLP S (Mus. La Plata), unnumbered
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “Anoloide robusto, cabeza maciza redondeada, extremidades largas, escamas algo sobresalientes en la línea vertebral, patrón de coloración dorsal con manchas oscuras medianas en forma de lirios. Lo distinguen de L. paronae las escamas ventrales lisas y la falta de una verdadera cresta dorsal.” (Cei 1993) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2184 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
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Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238 - get paper here Avila, Luciano Javier; Martín Miguel Femenías, Cristian Hernán Fulvio Pérez, Mariana Morando 2021. Nuevas especies de Liolaemus para la herpetofauna de la provincia de La Rioja, Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetología 35 (S1): 223-228 Carvalho, André L. G.; Alejandro Laspiur, Julia Klaczko, Luis Rolando Rivas, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Marco Aurélio de Sena & Ricardo Céspedes 2023. Total evidence phylogenetic analysis of Leiosauridae (Squamata) with focus on the ‘para-anoles’ and description of a new Urostrophus species from the Bolivian Andes. Systematics and Biodiversity, 21:1, 2200306, - get paper here Cei, J. M. 1993. Reptiles del noroeste, nordeste y este de la Argentina. Museo Regionale Sci. Naturale Torino, Monografie 14: 1-949 Cei, J.M. 2003. SPECIFIC SUPRAOCULAR SCUTELLATION PATTERNS AS SIGNIFICANT DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS: A TAXONOMIC INTER- AND INTRAGENERIC "FINGER-PRINT" IN LACERTILIA. Facena 19: 129-135 - get paper here Frost, Darrel R.; Richard Etheridge; Daniel Janies and Tom A. Titus 2001. Total evidence, sequence alignment, evolution of polychrotid lizards, and a reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata, Iguania). American Museum Novitates 3343: 1-22 - get paper here Gallardo, J.M. 1961. Estudio zoogeografico del genero Leiosaurus (Reptilia, Sauria). Physis 22 (63): 113-118 Koslowsky,J. 1898. Enumeración sistemática y distribución geográfica de los reptiles argentinos. Rev. Mus. La Plata 8: 161-200 - get paper here Laspiur, A.; Acosta, J.C. & Abdala, C.S. 2007. A new species of Leiosaurus (Iguania: Leiosauridae) from central-western Argentina. Zootaxa 1470: 47–57 - get paper here Laurent, R.F., & Teran, E.M. 1981. Lista de los anfibios y reptiles de la Provincia de Tucuman [Argentina]. Miscelaneo (Fund. Miguel Lillo, Tucuman) 71: 15 pp. Pyron, R. Alexander 2017. Novel Approaches for Phylogenetic Inference from Morphological Data and Total-Evidence Dating in Squamate Reptiles (Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenians) Syst. Biol. 66 (1): 38–56 - get paper here Tulli, M.J.; F.B. Cruz, A. Herrel, B. Vanhooydonck, V. Abdala 2009. The interplay between claw morphology and microhabitat use in neotropical iguanian lizards. Zoology 112 (5): 379-392 - get paper here
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