Liolaemus porosus ABDALA, PAZ & SEMHAN, 2013
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Liolaemus porosus
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| Higher Taxa | Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Liolaemus porosus ABDALA, PAZ & SEMHAN 2013 |
| Distribution | Argentina (Salta), Chile (Atacama Region), above 3600 m elevation Type locality: “20km al Este del puesto de Gendarmería, Argentina, ubicado en el límite internacional con Chile por el paso Socompa, departamento de Los Andes, provincia de Salta, Argentina. Coordenadas: 24°34’40.2’’ S y 68°11’58.4’’ W, 3707 msnm.” |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: FML 2497, adult male |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Within the Liolaemus montanus series, L. porosus is the only species which shows postcloacal pores in males (1-8 x = 3.0 in five of the six males). It can be distinguished from L. annectens; L. chlorostictus; L. dorbignyi; L. duellmani; L. fabiani; L. filiorum; L. forsteri; L. foxi; L. huayra; L. inti; L. jamesi; L. melanogaster; L. nigriceps; L. orientalis; L. patriciaturrae, L. pachecoi; L. pleopholis; L. polystictus; L. puritamensis; L. robustus, L. scrocchii; L. thomasi; L. vallecurensis; L. vulcanus, and L. williamsi, because all these species are larger (with a maximum snout- vent length in adults, between 77 and 105mm vs. 72.9mm in L. porosus). It differs from L. audituvelatus; L. erguetae; L. erroneus; L. ethe- ridgei; L. famatinae; L. fittkaui; L. insolitus; L. lopezi; L. manueli; L. ortizi; L. pantherinus; L. poconchilensis; L. reichei; L. rosenmanni; L. ruibali; L. schmidti; L. stolzmanni and L. torresi, because are smaller than L. porosus, (48-66mm maxSVL vs 72.9mm in L. porosus). |
| Comment | Distribution: not listed by Ruiz de Gamboa 2016 for Chile. |
| Etymology | named after Latin (Porosus = porous) referring to the large number of pre-cloacal and post-cloacal pores. |
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