Liolaemus yanalcu MARTÍNEZ OLIVER & LOBO, 2002

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Liolaemus yanalcu MARTÍNEZ OLIVER & LOBO 2002
Distribution	Argentina (Salta, Jujuy [HR 34:262]) Type locality: NW Argentina
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCN-UNSa = Mus. Cien. Nat. Univ. Nac. Salta No. 541.
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: “Liolaemus yanalcu se dis- tingue de los demás miembros del grupo porque cuentan con un campo lateral castaño oscuro o negro (carácter exclusi- vo de esta especie) (Figura 1) mientras que en otras especies este campo lateral es castaño claro u anaranjado con peque- ñas (pero conspicuas) manchas negras, ausentes en Liolaemus yanalcu. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2338 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
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Etymology	“La palabra yanalcu en el lenguaje quechua del norte de Argentina significa oscuro, negro o negruzco, y hace referencia a la coloración típicamente oscura que caracteriza a esta especie de las restantes del grupo.”
References	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 Lobo, Fernando, Espinoza, Robert E. 2004. Two New Liolaemus from the Puna Region of Argentina and Chile: Further Resolution of Purported Reproductive Bimodality in Liolaemus alticolor (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Copeia 2004 (4): 850–867 - get paper here Martínez Oliver, I. and F. Lobo 2002. Una nueva especie de Liolaemus del grupo alticolor (Iguania: Liolaemidae) de la Puna Salteña, Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetología 16 (1):47-64 - get paper here Quinteros AS, Portelli SN. 2025. The micro-niche explains allotopy and syntopy in South American Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) lizards. PeerJ 13:e18979 - get paper here Quinteros, Andrés Sebastián 2012. Taxonomy of the Liolaemus alticolor–bibronii Group (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species. Herpetologica 68 (1): 100-120 - get paper here QUINTEROS, ANDRÉS SEBASTIÁN 2013. A morphology-based phylogeny of the Liolaemus alticolor–bibronii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 3670: 1-32 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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