Liolaemus chaltin LOBO & ESPINOZA, 2004
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Higher Taxa | Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Liolaemus chaltin LOBO & ESPINOZA 2004 Liolaemus chaltin — LOBO et al. 2010 |
Distribution | Argentina (Puna of central Jujuy Province, elevation 3400–3750 m), Bolivia
Type locality: off Ruta Provincial 71, 4.2 km west of Abra Pampa, Departamento Cochinoca, Provincia de Jujuy, Argentina (22°42’24.4’’S, 65°43’12.4’’W; 3360 m elevation)
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Reproduction | oviparous. |
Types | Holotype: FML 9874 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Liolaemus chaltin n. sp. differs from L. alticolor from the type locality (Tiahuanaco, Bolivia) in the following ways: this new species has a larger body size; a fragmented vertebral stripe; and a pigmented subocular (white in L. alticolor).
Probably also in Bolivia (fide LANGSTROTH 2005). |
Etymology | Named after the vernacular name (“chaltin”) used by local inhabitants to specifically refer to these small striped lizards. |
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, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238
- Langstroth, R.P. 2005. Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana 1 (1): 101-128
- Lobo, F.; Espinoza, R.E. and S. Quinteros 2010. A critical review and systematic discussion of recent classification proposals for liolaemid lizards. Zootaxa 2549: 1–30 - 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
- Miranda, B; Aparicio, J & Méndez-de la Cruz, F 2018. Liolaemus chaltin Preferred and critical thermal temperatures Herpetological Review 49 (3): 489-490 - get paper here
- Ocampo, Mauricio & Álvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigin 2008. LIOLAEMUS CHALTIN LOBO & ESPINOZA 2004 (IGUANIA: LIOLAEMIDAE). Cuadernos de Herpetología 22 (2): 99–100
- Ocampo, Mauricio; Álvaro Aguilar-Kirigin, and Sebastián Quinteros 2012. A New Species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) of the Alticolor Group from La Paz, Bolivia. Herpetologica 68 (3): 410-417. - 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
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