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Liolaemus multicolor KOSLOWSKY, 1898

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Many-colored Tree Iguana
S: Lagartija multicolor, Lagartija arco iris 
SynonymLiolaemus signifer var. multicolor KOSLOWSKY 1898
Liolaemus multicolor — LAURENT 1982
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) multicolor — LAURENT 1992: 106
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) multicolor — SCHULTE et al. 2000
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) multicolor — RAMIREZ LEYTON & PINCHEIRA-DONOSO 2005: 135
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) multicolor — MORANDO et al. 2020 
DistributionArgentina (Jujuy, Salta), between 3390 and 4400 m elevation

Type locality: Restricted to “Valle de la laguna de Guyatayoc”.(Laurent, Neotropica, 28: 92)  
ReproductionVivparous 
TypesLectotype: MLP S (Mus. La Plata) No. S-056 (Laurent, Neotropica, 28: 92); other specimens: MLP, FML, MACN 
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CommentDistribution: restricted to Argentina fide TRONCOSO-PALACIOS 2014 who also states that “the record from Salar de Aguas Calientes (Chile) corresponds to a juvenile male of Liolaemus molinai Valladares, et al. 2002; and not to L. multicolor or L. andinus” 
EtymologyNamed after Latin multicolor, many-colored. [“...Por encima es el cuerpo de uncolor gris ó amarillo, ó anaranjado con barras negras transversales de un solo color ó salpicados sus centros con puntitosazules ó se hallan cuatro séries longitudinales de manchas ne-gras angulares sobre el dorso...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Abdala, C.S. 2007. Phylogeny of the boulengeri group (Iguania: Liolaemidae, Liolaemus) based on morphological and molecular characters. Zootaxa 1538: 1-84 - get paper here
  • Abdala, C.S.; S. Quinteros & R.E. Espinoza 2008. Two new species of Liolaemus (iguania: Liolaemidae) from the Puna of Northwestern Argentina. Herpetologica 64 (4): 458–471 - get paper here
  • Abdala, Cristian S.; Juan C. Acosta, Mario R. Cabrera, Héctor J. Villavicencio, José Marinero 2009. A New Andean Liolaemus of the L. montanus Series (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Western Argentina. South American J. Herp. 4 (2): 91–102 - get paper here
  • Abdala, Cristian Simón; Marcos Maximiliano Paz & Romina Valeria Semhan 2013. Nuevo Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) con novedoso carácter morfológico, de la frontera entre Argentina y Chile. Rev. Biol. Trop. 61 (4): 1563-1584 - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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
  • Halloy, Monique; Robles, Cecilia; Salica, María José; Semhan, Romina; Juárez Heredia, Viviana; Vicente, Natalin 2013. Aportes en el estudio del comportamiento y ecología de lagartijas de los géneros Liolaemus y Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemini). Cuadernos de Herpetología 27 (1): - get paper here
  • Koslowsky,J. 1898. Enumeración sistemática y distribución geográfica de los reptiles argentinos. Rev. Mus. La Plata 8: 161-200 - get paper here
  • Langstroth, R.P. 2005. Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana 1 (1): 101-128
  • Laurent R F. 1992. Sobre algunas especies nuevas y poco conocidas de Liolaemus (Iguanidae) de la provincia de Jujuy, Argentina. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 40 (2): 91- 108 [1991]
  • Núñez, H. and A. Veloso 2001. Distribución geográfica de las especies de lagartos de la región de Antofagasta, Chile. Bol. Mus. Nac.Hist. Nat. 50: 109-120
  • QUINTEROS, ANDRÉS SEBASTIÁN 2013. A morphology-based phylogeny of the Liolaemus alticolor–bibronii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 3670: 1-32 - get paper here
  • Ramírez Leyton, G. & Pincheira Donoso, D. 2005. Fauna del Altiplano y Desierto de Atacama. Phrynosaura Ediciones, 395 pp.
  • SCHULTE II, JAMES A.; J. ROBERT MACEY, ROBERT E. ESPINOZA AND ALLAN LARSON 2000. Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69: 75–102 - get paper here
  • Troncoso-Palacios, J 2014. Revision of the geographic distribution of three species of the montanus group of Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 (Reptilia: Squamata: Liolaemidae). Check List 10 (1):221-229 - 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
  • Valdecantos, María Soledad; Fernando Lobo 2007. Dimorfismo sexual en Liolaemus multicolor y L. irregularis (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Basic and Applied Herpetology 21: 55-69
  • Valdecantos, María Soledad; Fernando Lobo 2007. Dimorfismo sexual en Liolaemus multicolor y L. irregularis (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Revista Española de Herpetología 21: 55-69 - get paper here
  • VALLADARES, J. PABLO; RICHARD ETHERIDGE, JAMES SCHULTE II, GERMAN MANRIQUEZ & ANGEL SPOTORNO 2002. Nueva especie de lagartija del norte de Chile, Liolaemus molinai (Reptilia: Liolaeminae). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75: 473-489 - get paper here
 
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