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Liolaemus nigromaculatus (WIEGMANN, 1834)

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Many-spotted Tree Iguana 
SynonymTropidurus nigromaculatus WIEGMANN in MEYEN 1834: 229
Tropidurus oxycephalus WIEGMANN in MEYEN 1834: 232
Proctotretus nigromaculatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 281
Liolaemus conspersus GRAVENHORST 1838: 737 (fide BOULENGER 1885)
Liolaemus oxycephalus GRAVENHORST 1838: 735 (fide BOULENGER 1885)
Ptychodeira nigromaculatus — FITZINGER 1843: 73
Leiolaemus nigromaculatus — GRAY 1845: 213
Leiolaemus inconspicuus — GRAY 1845: 213
Proctotretus Nigromaculatus — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 269
Rhytidodeira nigromaculatus — GIRARD 1858: 198
Rhytidodeira oxycephala — GIRARD 1858: 198
Proctotretus pallidus PHILIPPI 1860: 166
Proctotretus bisignatus PHILIPPI 1860: 166 (nomen nudum)
Liolaemus nigromaculatus — BOULENGER 1885: 147
Liolaemus nigromaculatus bisignatus — MÜLLER & HELLMICH 1933: 132
Liolaemus nigromaculatus copiapensis MÜLLER & HELLMICH 1933
Liolaemus nigromaculatus copiapoensis [sic] — DONOSO-BARROS 1966: 255
Liolaemus nigromaculatus bisignatus — DONOSO-BARROS 1966: 250
Liolaemus nigromaculatus bisignatus — PETERS et al. 1970: 189
Liolaemus nigromaculatus copiapensis — PETERS et al. 1970: 189
Liolaemus nigromaculatus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 187
Liolaemus copiapensis — ORTIZ 1981
Liolaemus nigromaculatus — KELT et al. 2002
Liolaemus (Liolaemus) nigromaculatus — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & NÚÑEZ 2005: 403
Liolaemus nigromaculatus — TRONCOSO-PALACIOS & GARIN 2013
Liolaemus nigromaculatus nigromaculatus — GEMEL et al. 2019 
DistributionChile (Atacama to Valparaiso, Antofagasta)

Type locality: Chile (restricted to Huasco, Chile by Müller & Hellmich 1933); corrected and restricted further to restricted to the transect and surroundings of Puerto Viejo – Copiapo (Tronocos-Palacios & Garin 2013).

bisignatus: Chile (Atacama, Coquimbo); Type locality: Atacama, Caldera.

copiapensis: Chile (Copiapo); Type locality: “Copiapó (Nordchile)”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 613 (Zool. Mus. Berlin)
Holotype: MNHN 1477 (bisignatus)
Holotype: MNHW = MNHUW 1321, probably male [conspersus]
Syntypes: ZSM 182/1931/1-2 (originally ZSM 182/1931a-b [copiapensis]
Syntypes: NMW [Proctotretus pallidus] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy mostly after BOULENGER 1885. Liolaemus copiapensis was revalidated by ORTIZ 1981 and then synonymized again by PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & NÚÑEZ 2005, a decision that was supported by LOBO et al. 2010 and TRONCOSO-PALACIOS & GARIN 2013 who also found that “L. oxycephalus and L. inconspicuus are not synonymous with L. nigromaculatus, although their true identities are difficult to determine.” The status of Liolaemus conspersus remains uncertain (Borczyk & Skawiński 2019).

Photo: The photo of “Liolaemus bisignatus” in Troncoso-Palacios & Marambio-Alfaro (2011) and Marambio-Alfaro & Hiriart-Lamas (2012) is actually a L. atacamensis (Troncoso-Palacios 2014).

Distribution: not listed for Argentina fide AVILA et al. 2010, Lista de las lagartijas y anfisbaenas de Argentina.

Variation: this species is quite variable, see photos in TRONCOSO-PALACIOS & GARIN 2013 (Figure 6).

LOBO (2001) suggests the following monophyletic species groups within Liolaemus: alticolor, altissimus, gravenhorstii, hellmichi, kriegi, leopardinus, monticola, nigromaculatus, nigroviridis, pictus and tenuis. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin nigro, be black; make black + Latin maculatus, spotted. (Wiegmann, 1834, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
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