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Liolaemus gracilis (BELL, 1843)

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Graceful Tree Iguana 
SynonymProctotretus gracilis BELL 1843: 4
Leptodeira gracilis — GRAY 1845
Pthychodeira (Proctotretus) gracilis — GIRARD 1858: 341
Liolaemus gracilis — BOULENGER 1885: 145
Liolaemus gracilis — SCHULTE et al. 2000
Liolaemus gracilis — SCROCCHI et al. 2010: 112
Liolaemus gracilis — EDWARDS et al. 2022 
DistributionArgentina (Patagonia, Chubut, Catamarca, La Rioja, San Luis [HR 30: 110], Rio Negro [HR 32: 64], Mendoza)

Type locality: Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz, Argentina  
ReproductionOviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH xxii.78a (renumbered 1946.8.5.70). 
Diagnosis 
CommentHybridization: Liolaemus gracilis appears to hybridize with L. bibronii.

Group: the L. gracilis species group includes up to 33 candidate species (Edwards et al. 2022). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “gracilis”, meaning small or lanky, or gracile. 
References
  • Abdala, Cristian Simón; Andrés Sebastián Quinteros, and Romina Valeria Semham 2015. A New Species of Liolaemus of the Liolaemus alticolor-bibronii Group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Mendoza, Argentina. South American J. Herp. 10 (2): 104-115, doi: 10.2994/SAJH-D-14-00033.1 - get paper here
  • AVILA, L. J. & MORANDO, M. & PEREZ, C. H. F. & SITES, J. W. 2004. New records and natural history notes of lizards of the genus Liolaemus in northern Patagonia [Short Note]. Herpetozoa 17: - 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
  • Bell, T. 1843. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin ... naturalist to the expedition. Part 5. Reptiles. London, Smith, Elder and Co., (1842-1843), vi + 51 pp. - get paper here
  • Block, Carolina; Laura E. Vega, and Oscar A. Stellatelli 2012. Vegetation Refuges of a Sand Lizard Assemblage in Temperate Coastal Sand Dunes. Journal of Herpetology 46 (4): 608-613. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Breitman, M. Florencia; , Luciano J. Avila, Jack W. Sites Jr., and Mariana Morando 2011. Lizards from the end of the world: Phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (2): 364-376 - get paper here
  • BRIZIO, M. V., MINOLI, I., PÉREZ, D. R., & AVILA, L. J. 2023. Reptiles of the Auca Mahuida natural protected area, Argentina. Rev. Mus. Argentino Cienc. Nat., n.s. 25(1): 133-142 - get paper here
  • Edwards, D. L., Avila, L. J., Martinez, L., Sites, J. W., & Morando, M. 2022. Environmental correlates of phenotypic evolution in ecologically diverse Liolaemus lizards. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9009 - get paper here
  • Fernández, M. G.; Cristian S. Abdala, Mario R. Ruiz -Monachesi, Romina V. Semham, A. Sebastián<br>Quinteros 2021. Redescription of Liolaemus robertmertensi, Hellmich 1964 (Iguania: Liolaemidae) with description of a new species. Cuadernos de Herpetología 35 (S1): 65-78 - get paper here
  • Gallardo, J.M. 1972. Composicion faunistica de los saurios de la Provincia de la Pampa, Republica Argentina. Neotropica 17 (52): 44-48
  • Gallardo, Jose M. 1966. Liolaemus lentus nov. Sp. (Iguanidae) de la Pampa y Algunas observaciones sobre los saurios de picha provincia Argentina y del oeste de Buenos Aires. Neotropica 12 (37): 15-29
  • Girard, Charles F. 1858. United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Vol. 20. Herpetology. C. Sherman & Son, Philadelphia, xv, 492 pages [see note in Zhao and Adler 1993: 369] - get paper here
  • Koslowsky,J. 1895. Batracios y reptiles de Rioja y Catamarca. Rev. Mus. La Plata 6: 359-370 - get paper here
  • Koslowsky,J. 1896. Sobre algunos reptiles de Patagonia y otras regiones argentinas. Revista Mus. La Plata 7: 447-457 - get paper here
  • MARTINEZ, LORENA ELIZABETH; LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA, CRISTIAN HERNAN FULVIO PEREZ, DANIEL ROBERTO PEREZ, JACK W. SITES, JR. & MARIANA MORANDO 2011. A new species of Liolaemus (Squamata, Iguania, Liolaemini) endemic to the Auca Mahuida volcano, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 3010: 31–46 - get paper here
  • Minoli I, Morando M, Avila LJ 2015. Reptiles of Chubut province, Argentina: richness, diversity, conservation status and geographic distribution maps. ZooKeys 498: 103-126. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.498.7476 - get paper here
  • Minoli, Ignacio, and Luciano Javier Avila. 2010. Geographic Distribution: Liolaemus gracilis. Herpetological Review 41 (4): 513 - get paper here
  • Morando, M. and L. J.. Avila. 1999. Liolaemus gracilis [Geographic distribution]. Herpetological Review 30 (2): 110 - get paper here
  • Morando, Mariana; Luciano J. Avila, Cameron R. Turner and Jack W. Sites Jr. 2007. Molecular evidence for a species complex in the patagonian lizard Liolaemus bibronii and phylogeography of the closely related Liolaemus gracilis (Squamata: Liolaemini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43 (3): 952-973 - get paper here
  • Olave, Melisa; Lorena E. Martinez, Luciano J. Avila, Jack W. Sites Jr., Mariana Morando 2011. Evidence of hybridization in the Argentinean lizards Liolaemus gracilis and Liolaemus bibronii (IGUANIA: LIOLAEMINI): An integrative approach based on genes and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 381–391 - get paper here
  • Perez, C.H.F.; N. Frutos; M. Kozykariski; M. Morando; D.R. Perez; L.J. Avila. 2011. Lizards of Rio Negro Province, northern Patagonia, Argentina. Check List 7 (3): 202-219 - 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
  • SCHULTE II, JAMES A.; J. ROBERT MACEY, ROBERT E. ESPINOZA AND ALLAN LARSON 2000. Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69: 75–102 - get paper here
  • Scrocchi, Gustavo J.; Cristian S. Abdala,Javier Nori, Hussam Zaher 2010. Reptiles de la provincia de Río Negro, Argentina. Fondo Ed. Rionegrino, 249 pp.
  • Vega, L. E.;Bellagamba, P. 1992. Nuevas localidades para Liolaemus multimaculatus (Duméril y Bibron, 1837), Liolaemus gracilis (Bell, 1843) y Liolaemus wiegmanni (Duméril y Bibron, 1837) (Sauria: Tropiduridae) en la provincia de Buenos Aires. Bol. Asoc. Herp. Argentina 8 (1): 4
  • Vega, Laura E.; Patricio J. Bellagamba, and Fernando Lobo 2008. A NEW ENDEMIC SPECIES OF LIOLAEMUS (IGUANIA: LIOLAEMIDAE) FROM THE MOUNTAIN RANGE OF TANDILIA, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA. Herpetologica 64 (1): 81-91 - get paper here
  • VEGA, LAURA ESTELA; ANDRÉS SEBASTIÁN QUINTEROS, OSCAR ANÍBAL STELLATELLI, PATRICIO JUAN BELLAGAMBA, CAROLINA BLOCK, ENRIQUE ALBERTO MADRID 2018. A new species of the Liolaemus alticolor-bibronii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from East-central Argentina. Zootaxa 4379 (4):539-555 - get paper here
  • Werning, H. 2009. Auf den Spuren von Darwin durch Südamerika. Teil 1: Von England nach Patagonien. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (78): 34-46 - get paper here
 
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