Liolaemus purul ABDALA, SEMHAN, MORENO AZOCAR, BONINO, PAZ & CRUZ, 2012

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Liolaemus purul ABDALA, SEMHAN, MORENO AZOCAR, BONINO, PAZ & CRUZ 2012 Liolaemus boulengeri — CEI 1986 Liolaemus loboi — ABDALA & LOBO 2006 Liolaemus boulengeri — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO 2007 Liolaemus (Eulaemus) purul — MORANDO et al. 2020
Distribution	Argentina (Neuquén) Type locality: 6 km N of San Ignacio, on the way to Zapala National Route 40, Department La Rinconada, Neuquén Province, Argentina. 39° 50 ́ 54.4" S, 70° 39 ́ 52.6" W, 1071 m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype:- FML 24153 (FBC 1694): C. Abdala, M. Bonino, F. Cruz, L. Moreno Azócar , R. V. Semhan Cols. 3/XII/2009. Paratypes.— FML 24154 – 163: Same locality and data of the holotype.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (or not): Liolaemus purul belongs to the L. melanops group. Within this group, this species differenciates from the species belonging to L. fitzingerii group because of its smaller SVL (L. purul maximum SVL 77.1 mm vs. 89–106 mm in the adult members of the L. fitzingerii group: L. canqueli, L. casamiquelai, L. chehuachekenk, L. fitzingerii, L. mel- anops, L. morenoi, L. xanthoviridis). The new species, L. purul, shows sexual dichromatism, body shape is not cylindrical (torpedo like), and it lacks the melanic antehumeral band. This new species is different from L. mapu- che and L. cuyanus, because the former species is smaller (maximum SVL in L. purul 77.1 mm vs. 83 and 102 mm in L. mapuche and L. cuyanus, respectively); it has four scales in contact with the mental scale (six in L. cuyanus and between four and six in L. mapuche).
Comment	Similar species: has been confused initially with Liolaemus boulengeri and then with Liolaemus loboi.
Etymology	The mapuche word “purul” means “alternated black and white colors (as on a chess board)”. This color pattern is present on the supralabials and is a typical feature that distinguishes this species from the rest of the species belonging to the L. melanops group.
References	ABDALA C. S., R. V. SEMHAN, D. L. MORENO AZOCAR, M. BONINO, M. M. PAZ & F. CRUZ 2012. Taxonomic study and morphology based phylogeny of the patagonic clade Liolaemus melanops group (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with the description of three new taxa. Zootaxa 3163: 1–32 - 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 Grummer, J. A., Morando, M. M., Avila, L. J., Sites Jr., J. W., & Leaché, A. D. 2018. Phylogenomic evidence for a recent and rapid radiation of lizards in the Patagonian Liolaemus fitzingerii species group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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