Liolaemus hajeki NÚÑEZ, PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & GARÍN, 2004

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Hajek’s lizard S: Lagartija de cuello liso de Hajek
Synonym	Liolaemus hajeki NÚÑEZ, PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & GARÍN 2004 Liolaemus (Eulaemus) hajeki — RAMIREZ LEYTON & PINCHEIRA-DONOSO 2005: 134 Liolaemus hajeki — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & NÚÑEZ 2005: 107
Distribution	N Chile (El Loa) Type locality: Baños de Turi, northern Chile, 3000 m elevation.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: MNHNC 3611, paratypes: MNHNC
Diagnosis
Comment	The new species can be related to the jamesi group of lizards of this genus, and, can be differentiated by the adult size, being smaller than the rest of the lizards belonging to the group. L. hajeki can be distinguished of L. jamesi because the latter has bigger dorsal scales; Liolaemus puritamensis and L. stolzmanni have dorsal pattern very different in comparison with L. hajeki.
Etymology	Named after Professor Ernst Hajek of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - get paper here Demangel, Diego; Cristian Sepúlveda, Manuel Jara, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso and Herman Núñez 2015. Liolaemus omorfi, A NEW LIZARD SPECIES FROM THE ANDES OF NORTHERN CHILE (SAURIA, LIOLAEMIDAE). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 64: 139-155 - get paper here Langstroth, R.P. 2005. Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana 1 (1): 101-128 NÚÑEZ, Herman; DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & CARLOS GARÍN 2004. Liolaemus hajeki, nueva especie de Lagartijade Chile (Squamata, Sauria). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 53: 85-97 PINCHEIRA-DONOSO, Daniel & HERMAN NÚÑEZ 2005. The Chilean species of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania, Tropiduridae, Liolaeminae). Taxonomy, systematics and evolution [in Spanish] Mus Nac Hist Nat Chile Publ Ocas 59: 1-486 - get paper here Ramírez Leyton, G. & Pincheira Donoso, D. 2005. Fauna del Altiplano y Desierto de Atacama. Phrynosaura Ediciones, 395 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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