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Leiosaurus catamarcensis KOSLOWSKY, 1898

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Higher TaxaLeiosauridae (Leiosaurinae), Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) 
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLeiosaurus catamarcensis KOSLOWSKY 1898: 169
Aperopristis catamarcensis — MÜLLER 1922
Leiosaurus catamarcensis — GALLARDO 1961: 114
Leiosaurus catamarcensis — CEI 1993
Aperopristis catamarcensis — FROST et al. 2001
Leiosaurus catamarcensis — FROST et al. 2001 
DistributionNW Argentina (San Juan, Rioja, Mendoza, Catamarca)

Type locality: Provincia de Catamarca  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MLP S (Mus. La Plata), unnumbered 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
Etymology 
References
  • AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238
  • 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.
  • 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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