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Liolaemus reichei (WERNER, 1907)

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Stolzmann's Pacific Iguana, Stolzmann's lizard
S: Lagartija de Stolzmann 
SynonymPhrynosaura reichei WERNER 1907: 151
Phrynosaura reichei — DONOSO-BARROS 1958
Ctenoblepharis reichei — DONOSO-BARROS 1972: 132
Ctenoblepharis reichei — CEI 1979: 297
Phrynosaura reichei — LAURENT 1984
Liolaemus reichei — ETHERIDGE 1995: 34
Liolaemus reichei — ETHERIDGE & ESPINOZA 2000: 8
Liolaemus reichei — VALLADARES 2004: 43
Phrynosaura reichei — NÚÑEZ & VELOSO 2001
Liolaemus reichei — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013
Liolaemus reichei — HUAMANI-VALDERRAMA et al. 2020
Liolaemus reichei — QUIROZ et al. 2021
Liolaemus reichei — VALLADARES-FAÚNDEZ et al. 2018 
DistributionPeru, Chile

Type locality: “Iquique” fide WEner 1907; “Oasis de Pica” (fide Donoso-Barros 1972); neotype locality: Tarapaca region, Chile.  
Reproductionovoviviparous, possibly viviparous (Weymann et al. 2025) 
TypesNeotype: CZZA 0300 (Colección Zoológica de Zonas Áridas y Andinas), designated by Valladares-Faundez et al. 2018. Former holotype: MZUC 011736 (Zoology Museum of the University of Concepción), actually a L. cf torresi fide Valladares-Faundez et al. 2018. 
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CommentSynonymy: LANGSTROTH 2011 concluded that Chilean L. reichei is a synonym of L. stolzmanni, and hence, that L. stolzmanni is a species endemic to Chile, not an element of the fauna of present-day Peru. However, Valladares-Faundez et al. 2018 revalidated reichei as a valid species.

Group: The Liolaemus reichei group includes L. auditvetulaus, balagueri, reichei, insolitus, poconchilensis, torresi, chiribaya, nazca, and anqapuka -- but not stolzmanni (HUAMANI-VALDERRAMA et al. 2020). Quiroz et al. 2021 provide a key to the reichei group of species. See VALLADARES-FAÚNDEZ et al. 2021 for a phylogenetic tree of the clade.

Distribution: see also L. stolzmanni.

Type species: Phrynosaura reichei WERNER 1907: 151 is the type species of the genus Phrynosaura WERNER 1907. Donoso-Barros 1972 synonymized Phrynosaura with Ctenoblepharis Tschudi. 
EtymologyNamed after Karl Friedrich Reiche (1860-1929), German botanist. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
  • Donoso-Barros, R. 1958. Phrynosaura reichei WERNER 1907, una especie en extinción? Inv. Zool. Chilenas 4: 253-257
  • Donoso-Barros, R. 1972. Contribucion al conocimiento del genero Ctenoblepharis Tschudi y Phrynosaura Werner (Sauria, Iguanidae). Boletín Sociedad de Biología de Concepción (Chile) 44: 129-134
  • Huamaní-Valderrama L, Quiroz AJ, Gutiérrez RC, Aguilar-Kirigin A, Huanca-Mamani W, Valladares-Faúndez P, Cerdeña J, Chaparro JC, Santa Cruz R, Abdala CS. 2020. Some color in the desert: description of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from southern Peru, and its conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 1–30 (e250) - get paper here
  • Laurent,R.F. 1984. On some iguanid genera related to or previously confused with Liolaemus WIEGMANN. Journal of Herpetology 18 (4): 357-373 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Pyron, R. Alexander; Frank T. Burbrink 2013. Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles. Ecology Letters 17 (1): 13–21 (published online 2013, in print 2014), DOI: 10.1111/ele.12168 - get paper here
  • Quiroz, A. J., Huamaní-Valderrama, L., Gutiérrez, R. C., Aguilar-Kirigin, Á. J., López-Tejeda, E., Lazo-Rivera, A., ... & Abdala10, C. S. 2021. An Endemic and Endangered New Species of the Lizard Liolaemus montanus Group from Southwestern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with a Key for the Species of the L. reichei Clade. Zoological Studies, 60 (2021) - get paper here
  • Valladares-Faúndez P, Etheridge R, Abdala CS. 2018. Resurrection and redescription of Liolaemus reichei, proposal of a neotype to stabilize its taxonomy. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 89: 393–401
  • Valladares-Faúndez, P., Franco-León, P., Jove Chipana, C., Navarro Guzmán, M., Ignacio-Apaza, J., Apaza, J. I., ... & Abdala, C. S. 2021. A new lizard of the Liolaemus montanus group that inhabits the hyperarid desert of southern Peru. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2): 10-22 - get paper here
  • Werner, F. 1907. Sobre algunos lagartos nuevos clasificados i descritos. In: Bürger, O. Estudios sobre reptiles chilenos. Anales de la Universidad de Chile, 121:149—155. - get paper here
  • Weymann, M., de la Jara, N., Pavez, G., Morales, N., Valdivia, M. V., & Labra, A. 2025. The first evidence of viviparity in the lizard Liolaemus reichei (Squamata: Liolaemidae). Phyllomedusa 24(1):117–123 - get paper here
 
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