Liolaemus torresi (NÚÑEZ, NAVARRO, GARÍN, PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & MERIGGIO, 2003)

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	S: Dragon de Torres-Mura E: Dragon of Torres-Mura
Synonym	Phrynosaura torresi NÚÑEZ, NAVARRO, GARÍN, PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & MERIGGIO 2003 Phrynosaura torresi — RAMIREZ LEYTON & PINCHEIRA-DONOSO 2005 Liolaemus torresi — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO et al. 2008 Liolaemus torresi — HUAMANI-VALDERRAMA et al. 2020
Distribution	N Chile (Antofagasta, Tarapacá) Type locality: Salar del Indio, al SO de Chuquicamata (22°23’S; 68° 52’; 2430 m elevation).
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHNC 3382
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Comment	Conservation: near threatened
Etymology	Named after Juan Carlos Torres-Mura for his notable contributions to the development of natural sciences in Chile; he further collected the specimens.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - get paper here Diaz-Vega, Raul Ignacio 2014. Distribution update of Liolaemus torresi Núñez et al. 2003 (Squamata: Liolamidae) in the Atacama Desert, Chile. New records of Liolaemus torresi in the Atacama Desert. Check List 10 (5): 1234-1236 - get paper here Díaz-Vega, Raúl Ignacio 2015. Observaciones conductuales de especies del grupo de Liolaemus montanus. Boletín Chileno de Herpetología 2: 24-26 - get paper here 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 Langstroth, R.P. 2005. Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana 1 (1): 101-128 MELLA ÁVILA, JORGE; YERY MARAMBIO-ALFARO & BELÉN FERNÁNDEZ MALDONADO. 2023. Ampliación de la distribución geográfica de Liolaemus torresi (Núñez, Navarro, Garín, Pincheira-Donoso y Meriggio, 2003) (Squamata, Liolaemidae) en la Región de Antofagasta: Boletín Museo Nacional de Historia Natural 72(1): 5–11. - get paper here Moya, F.; J. Mella-Romero, J.A. Simonetti 2024. Do we have the necessary insights to classify species according to their conservation status? A case study in the world’s southernmost lizard genus. Journal for Nature Conservation (2024), - get paper here NÚÑEZ, HERMAN, JOSÉ NAVARRO, CARLOS GARÍN, DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & VALERIA MERIGGIO 2003. PHRYNOSAURA MANUELI Y PHRYNOSAURA TORRESI, NUEVAS ESPECIES DE LAGARTIJAS PARA EL NORTE DE CHILE (SQUAMATA: SAURIA). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 52: 67-88 - get paper here Pincheira-Donoso, D.; Scolara, J.A. & Sura, P. 2008. A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania). Zootaxa 1800: 1–85 - get paper here Ramírez Leyton, G. & Pincheira Donoso, D. 2005. Fauna del Altiplano y Desierto de Atacama. Phrynosaura Ediciones, 395 pp. Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime & Katherine Alarcón 2022. REASSESSMENT OF THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF THE CHILEAN DESERT LIZARD LIOLAEMUS TORRESI (NÚÑEZ, NAVARRO, GARÍN, PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & MERIGGIO, 2003, SQUAMATA, LIOLAEMIDAE): AN ENDANGERED (EN) OR NEAR THREATENED SPECIES (NT)? Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 5 (2): 15-25 - 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 Villegas Paredes, L., Huamaní-Valderrama, L., Luque-Fernández, C., Gutiérrez, R.C., Quiróz, A.J., & Abdala, C. S. 2020. Una nueva especie de Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) perteneciente al grupo L. montanus en las lomas costeras del sur de Perú. Revista de Biología Tropical, 68(1): 69-86 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.phrynosaura.cl/index.php?option=com_content&task=category… Google images

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