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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lenz’ Iguana
S: Lagartija de Lenz 
SynonymLiolaemus Lenzi BOETTGER 1891: 344
Liolaemus signifer — ANDERSSON 1908
Liolaemus lenzi — GANDOLFI 1908
Liolaemus variabilis PELLEGRIN 1909
Liolaemus variabilis courtyi PELLEGRIN 1909
Liolaemus variabilis crequii PELLEGRIN 1909
Liolaemus variabilis neveui PELLEGRIN 1909
Liolaemus bolivianus PELLEGRIN 1909
Liolaemus multiformis multiformis—BURT & BURT 1931 (partim)
Liolaemus variabilis — RENDAHL 1937
Liolaemus multiformis — HELLMICH 1962 (partim)

Liolaemus signifer signifer — LAURENT 1992 (partim)
Liolaemus signifer — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999 (partim)
Liolaemus signifer —DEMANGEL MIRANDA 2016
Liolaemus signifer signifer — ETHERIDGE & FROST 2016 (partim)
Liolaemus sp. 3 AGUILAR-PUNTRIANO ET AL. 2018
Liolaemus lenzi — LANGSTROTH PLOTKIN 2021
Liolaemus lenzi — ABDALA, LASPIUR & LANGSTROTH 2021 
DistributionBolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro), N Chile (Arica y Parinacota), S Peru (Puno, Tacna?)

Type locality: “Bolivianisches Ufer des Titicaca-Sees” (= Bolivian bank of Lake Titicaca)

singifer: Type locality: "Chili"; Restricted type locality “highlands of Peru and Bolivia" (Cei, Lescure, and Ortiz, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 2: 999)  
Reproductionovovivparous. 
TypesHolotype: SMF 11110 
DiagnosisOriginal description: “Nächstverwandt Proctotretus multiformis Cope 1876 aus Peru mit diesem in den Hauptpuncten der Pholidose übereinstimmend, aber die oberen Kopfschuppen noch kleiner, ganz unregelmäßig, die größten derselben auf dem Scheitel; es fehlen deutliche Frontalen, Interparietalen und Parietalen: die innere Reihe der fünf bis sechs Supraorbitalen ist am größten, aber meist nicht in eine besonders regelmäßige Längsreihe gestellt. Der Ohrrand zeigt vorn drei vorspringende Schüppchen. 74-86 Schuppen rund um die Körpermitte. Die Schwanzschuppen sind deutlich gekielt und viel größer als die Rückenschuppen. Der Hinterfuß, nach vorn gelegt, überragt nicht die Schulter. Die drei bis fünf letzten Schuppen der der Außenzehe nächstgelegenen äußeren Tibialschuppenreihe treten sägeförmig vor. Die Unterseite der Finger zeigt drei schwache Kiele. Männchen mit sechs Praeanalporen.
Erwachsen oberseits dunkelolivbraun mit gelbgrünen Pünctchen, unterseits gelbgrün, vorn auf der Kehle beim Männchen mit etwa drei blau-grauen welligen Längslinien, nach hinten einfarbig citrongelb. Jung grau mit vier Längsreihen rechteckiger, nach hinten quadratischer, schwärzlicher, hell umsäumter, großer Makeln und schwärzlicher Kehl- und Bauchfleckung und Marmorierung auf weißlichem Grunde.

Totallänge 186 mm; Kopf 19, Kopfbreite 18, Rumpf 65, Vordergliedmaßen 29, Hintergliedmaßen 45, Schwanz 102 mm.

Verschieden von L. multiformis (Cope) durch die Kopfschuppen, die ganz unregelmäßig sind, so daß Interparietale und Parietalen als solche von den umliegenden Schuppen kaum mehr unterscheidbar sind, und durch 74-86, nicht 60-70 Schuppen um die Rumpfmitte.” (Boettger 1891: 344)

Comparisons: Boettger (1891) distinguished L. lenzi from Liolaemus multiformis (COPE 1875) on the basis of more numerous and smaller dorsal scales in L. lenzi. 
CommentSynonymy: Burt & Burt (1931) included L. lenzi in the synonymy of L. m. multiformis. Hellmich (1962) later added L. bolivianus PELLEGRIN 1909, L. variabilis PELLEGRIN 1909 and its varieties to the synonymy of L. multiformis. Laurent (1992) synonymized L. multiformis and its junior synonyms, including L. lenzi, under Liolaemus signifer signifer (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837). Aguilar-Puntriano et al. (2018), however, found the populations from the Bolivian Altiplano and cordilleras (their Liolaemus sp. 3) to be distinct from the Peruvian populations they identified as Liolaemus signifer. Langstroth Plotkin (2021) determined Liolaemus signifer (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837) to be a nomen dubium and revalidated L. lenzi as the name applicable to populations corresponding to Liolaemus sp. 3 from Bolivia, and also included populations from N. Chile and parts of the Desaguadero basin of Peru. Langstroth Plotkin (2021) revalidated L multiformis as the name applicable to the populations belonging to the L. signifer clade of Aguilar-Puntriano et al. (2018). Finally, Langstroth Plotkin (2021) formally included L. bolivianus and L. variabilis and its varieties as junior synonyms of L. lenzi.

Distribution: see map in Langstroth 2021: 124 (Fig. 6). 
EtymologyBoettger (1891) named this species in honor of Heinrich Lenz (1846 – 1913), zoologist and curator of the natural history collections in Lübeck, Germany. 
References
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