Liolaemus lopezi IBARRA-VIDAL, 2005

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Liolaemus lopezi IBARRA-VIDAL 2005 Liolaemus lopezi — TRONCOSO-PALACIOS et al. 2019
Distribution	Chile Type locality: “Quebrada de Chulluncani, 3 kms al sur de Villa Blanca, Colchane, altiplano I Región".
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: MRC 1099 (given as Coll. Herp. Mus. Hist. Nat. Concepción)
Diagnosis
Comment	Known only from the type specimen (Pincheira-Donoso, pers. comm, 3 Apr 2017). Demangel 2016 synonymized this species with L. ornatus, a decision that was not supported by TRONCOSO-PALACIOS et al. 2019. Abundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Named after Dr. Luis López Cabrera, from Iquique, who helped to carry out the expedition that led to the discovery of this species.
References	Ibarra-Vidal, Héctor 2005. Nueva especie de lagartija del altiplano de Chile, Liolaemus Lopezi Sp.N. (Reptilia, Tropiduridae, Liolaeminae). Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción. 76-77: 7-14 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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