Liolaemus tacora DEMANGEL, 2016

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	S: Lagarto de Tacora E: Tacora lizard
Synonym	Liolaemus tacora DEMANGEL 2016: 476
Distribution	Chile (Cordillera de los Andes de la Región de Arica, elevation 4,390 - 4,610 m) Type locality: “Termas de Aguas Calientes a 4,510 m [elevation], en las faldas del Volcán Tacora, Región de Arica, Chile
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: MNHNC (= MNHNCL) 5244, macho conservado en Etanol absoluto al 95%. Colectado en Aguas Calientes, en las faldas del Volcán Tacora, (17°43'15"S, 69°49'11"O, 4.510 msnm), General Lagos, Región de Arica, Chile, el 17 de febrero de 2015.
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Comment	Sympatry: L. igneus, L. tacnae. Synonymy: This new species was not accepted by TRONCOSO-PALACIOS et al. 2019. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here Troncoso-Palacios J, Ruiz De Gamboa M, Langstroth R, Ortiz JC, Labra A 2019. Without a body of evidence and peer review, taxonomic changes in Liolaemidae and Tropiduridae (Squamata) must be rejected. ZooKeys 813: 39-54 - get paper here
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