Liolaemus dumerili ABDALA, SEMHAN, MORENO AZOCAR, BONINO, PAZ & CRUZ, 2012
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Liolaemus dumerili
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| Higher Taxa | Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Liolaemus dumerili ABDALA, SEMHAN, MORENO AZOCAR, BONINO, PAZ & CRUZ 2012 Liolaemus melanops CEI 1975 (part.) Liolaemus melanops — CEI 1986 |
| Distribution | Argentina (Río Negro) Type locality: Sierra Colorada, on Provincial Route 212, km 23 in route to Los Menucos, Río Negro Province, 40°32 ́54.5" S 67°37 ́10.4 W". |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: FML 24169 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (we believe): Liolaemus dumerili, belongs to the L. melanops group of species; within this group this new taxon differs from the species belonging to the L. fitzingerii group (L. canqueli, L. casamiquelai, L. chehuanchekenk, L. fitzingerii, L. melanops, L. morenoi, L. xanthoviridis) by a smaller SVL (max SVL 80.9 mm vs. 89–106 mm), sexual dichroma- tism is evident in the new species, and there is not a black antehumeral arc. It differs from L. mapuche, L. cuyanus and L. puelche, by its smaller SVL (max SVL 80.9 mm vs. 83, 102 and 89 mm, respectively) and four scales in contact to the mental scale (six in L. cuyanus; four to six in L. mapuche and L. puelche). The new taxon is different from L. donosobarrosi by the dorsal color pattern clearly different between these species and a lower number of scales around midbody (61–70, X = 65.1 vs. 79–95, X = 85.4). |
| Comment | Similar species: has been confused initially with Liolaemus melanops. |
| Etymology | This species is dedicated to the French naturalist and zoologist André Marie Constant Duméril (1774-1860). Professor Duméril, taught anatomy, herpetology and ichthyology at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris from 1801 to 1812. |
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