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Liolaemus wiegmannii (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1837)

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymProctotretus Wiegmannii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 284
Ptychodeira Wiegmannii — FITZINGER 1843: 73
Proctotretus Wiegmannii — BELL 1843: 15
Leiolaemus wiegmannii — GRAY 1845: 216
Proctotretus Wiegmannii — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 269
Rhytidodeira wiegmannii — GIRARD 1857
Ortholaemus fitzroyii GIRARD 1857 (nom. subst. for Proctotretus Wiegmannii)
Liolaemus (Ptychodeira) wiegmannii — STEINDACHNER 1867: 37
Liolaemus wiegmannii — BOULENGER 1885: 156
Liolaemus wiegmannii — CEI 1993
Liolaemus wiegmannii — ETHERIDGE 2000: 310
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) wiegmannii — SCHULTE et al. 2000
Liolaemus wiegmannii — PEREZ et al. 2011
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) wiegmannii — MORANDO et al. 2020
Liolaemus wiegmannii — AVILA et al. 2021 
DistributionUruguay (Maldonado), Argentina (Corrientes, La Pampa, San Luis, Mendoza, Córdoba, Catamarca, Tucumán, Salta, Jujuy, Entre Ríos, Rio Negro, La Rioja).
Ascension Island.

Type locality: “Chili” (in error fide VERRASTRO et al. 2003).  
ReproductionOviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 6857 (2 specimens respectively MNHN-RA 6857 and MNHN-RA 6857A) and MNHN-RA 6858 (3 specimens respectively MNHN-RA 6858, MNHN-RA 6858A and MNHN-RA 6858B); Syntype: ANSP 8195; 
Diagnosis 
CommentGroup: Belongs to the wiegmanni group of Liolaemus.

The L. wiegmannii group (or complex) is also known as “sand lizards” because of its specializations for living with high temperatures and xerophytic vegetation, such as among desert dunes (Abdala 2007). This group includes 11 species: L. arambarensis, azarai, cuyumhue, gardeli, lutzae, multimaculatus, occipitalis, rabinoi, riojanus, salinicola, scapularis, and wiegmannii. The latter species is considered the least specialized of the group because it is not restricted to sandy environments (Laurent 1983, 1984; Halloy et al. 1998; Etheridge 2000, Verrastro et al. 2017).

Distribution: VERRASTRO et al. 2003 conclude that Brazilian populations of L. wiegmanni are in fact L. arambarensis and L. wiegmanni doesn’t occur in Brazil. Not in Paraguay (fide Cacciali et al. 2016). The species reported by Alvarez & Lions (1996, HR 27: 32), from Isla Yacyreta appears to be L. azarai. 
EtymologyNamed after A. Fr. August Wiegmann (1802-1841), zoologist in Berlin. 
References
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  • Avila, L.J.; Morando, M.; Perez, D.R. & Sites, J.W. 2009. A new species of Liolaemus from Añelo sand dunes, northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina, and molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus wiegmannii species group (Squamata, Iguania, Liolaemini). Zootaxa 2234: 39–55 - get paper here
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