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Liolaemus occipitalis BOULENGER, 1885

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Skull Tree Iguana
Portuguese: Lagartinho-das-Dunas, Lagartinho-da-Praia, Lagartixa-da-Areia, Lagartixa-das-Dunas, Lagartixa-da-Praia 
SynonymLiolaemus occipitalis BOULENGER 1885: 192
Liolaemus occipitalis — BOULENGER 1886: 426
Liolaemus glieschi AHL 1925 (fide MERTENS 1938)
Liolaemus occipitalis — MERTENS 1938: 221
Liolaemus (Ortholaemus) occipitalis — LAURENT 1984: 370
Liolaemus occipitalis — ETHERIDGE 2000: 301
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) occipitalis — SCHULTE et al. 2000 
DistributionBrazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Uruguay

Type locality: near the city of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Type locality: on the beach of Torres, in northeastern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (gleischi).  
ReproductionOviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 85.2.3.4 (RR 1946.8.10.50)
Holotype: ZMB 27894 (gleischi) 
Diagnosis 
CommentBelongs to the wiegmanni group of Liolaemus. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin occipitalis, pertaining to the back of the head or to occiput. (Boulenger, 1885, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
  • Ahl, E. 1925. Neue Iguaniden aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin. Zool. Anz. 62: 85-88
  • Avila, L.J.; Morando, M.; Perez, D.R. & Sites, J.W. 2009. A new species of Liolaemus from Añelo sand dunes, northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina, and molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus wiegmannii species group (Squamata, Iguania, Liolaemini). Zootaxa 2234: 39–55 - get paper here
  • Böhler, E. & P. Müller 1970. Bemerkungen zur Variabilität von Liolaemus occipitalis. Salamandra 6 (3-4): 130-131 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1886. A synopsis of the reptiles and batrachians of the province Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 18: 423-445 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1885. A list of reptiles and Batrachians from the Province Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, sent to the Natural-History Museum by Dr. H. von Ihering. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 15 (87): 191-196 - get paper here
  • Carreira, S.; Brazeiro, A.; Camargo, A.; da Rosa, I.; Canavero, A. & Maneyro, M. 2012. DIVERSITY OF REPTILES OF URUGUAY: KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION GAPS. Bol. Soc. Zool. Uruguay (2a época) 21 (1-2): 9-29 - get paper here
  • Etheridge, R. 2000. A review of lizards of the Liolaemus wiegmannii group (Squamata, Iguania, Tropiduridae), and a history of morphological change in the sand-dwelling species. Herpetological Monographs 14: 293-352 - get paper here
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here
  • Laurent,R.F. 1984. On some iguanid genera related to or previously confused with Liolaemus WIEGMANN. Journal of Herpetology 18 (4): 357-373 - get paper here
  • Martins, Laís S.; Laura Verrastro, and Alexandro M. Tozetti 2014. The Influences of Habitat on Body Temperature Control in a Southern Population of Liolaemus Occipitalis (Boulenger, 1885) in Brazil. South American J. Herp. 9 (1): 9-13. - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1938. Bemerkungen über die brasilianischen Arten der Gattung Liolaemus. Zool. Anz. 123: 220-222
  • Michaud, E. J. and J. R. Dixon. 1989. Prey items of 20 species of the Neotropical colubrid snake genus Liophis. Herpetological Review 20 (2): 39-41 - get paper here
  • Müller, P. 1975. Zum Vorkommen von Liolaemus occipitalis im Staat von Santa Catarina (Brasilien) (Sauria, Iguanidae). Salamandra 11 (1): 57-59 - get paper here
  • Müller, P. & Steiniger, H. 1978. Karyotyp und Chromosomensatz von Liolaemus occipitalis und Liolaemus wiegmanni. Salamandra 14 (4): 215 - get paper here
  • SCHULTE II, JAMES A.; J. ROBERT MACEY, ROBERT E. ESPINOZA AND ALLAN LARSON 2000. Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69: 75–102 - get paper here
  • TOZETTI, A. M., MOSER, C. F., & COLOMBO, P. 2023. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF TAIM, A BRAZILIAN RAMSAR SITE: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND A POSSIBLE CASE OF LOCAL EXTINCTION. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 18(1), 38-47 - get paper here
  • Tozetti, Alexandro 2019. Does body size affect the diet composition of a sand dune lizard? Insights from Liolaemus occipitalis Boulenger, 1885. Herpetology Notes 12: 1211-1213 - get paper here
  • Verrastro, L. 2004. Sexual dimorphism in Liolaemus occipitalis (Iguania, Tropiduridae). Iheringia Sér. Zool., 94 (1): 45-48 - get paper here
  • Verrastro, L.; Veronese, L.; Bujes, C. Martins Fias Filho, M. 2003. New species of Liolaemus from Southern Brazil (Iguania: Tropiduridae). Herpetologica 59 (1): 105-118 - get paper here
  • Verrastro, Laura & Rita C. Rauber 2013. REPRODUCCIÓN DE LAS HEMBRAS DE LIOLAEMUS OCCIPITALIS BOULENGER, 1885, (IGUANIA, LIOLAEMIDAE) EN LA REGIÓN SUR DE BRASIL. Bol. Soc. Zool. Uruguay 22 (2): 84-98 - get paper here
  • VERRASTRO, LAURA; RAÚL MANEYRO, CAROLINE M. DA SILVA, IRAIA FARIAS 2017. A new species of lizard of the L. wiegmannii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from the Uruguayan Savanna. Zootaxa 4294 (4): 443–461 - get paper here
  • Villamil, J., Avila, L.J., Morando, M., Sites, J.W. Jr., Leaché, A.D., Maneyro, R., Camargo, A. 2019. Coalescent-based species delimitation in the sand lizards of the Liolaemus wiegmannii complex (Squamata: Liolaemidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2019), doi: - get paper here
 
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