Liolaemus tirantii AVILA, FULVIO-PEREZ, MINOLI, MEDINA, SITES & MORANDO, 2017
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Liolaemus tirantii
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| Higher Taxa | Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Liolaemus tirantii AVILA, FULVIO-PEREZ, MINOLI, MEDINA, SITES & MORANDO 2017 Liolaemus donosobarrosi — AVILA 1996 Liolaemus donosobarrosi — AVILA et al. 2006 |
| Distribution | Argentian (Neuquén) Type locality: small unnamed sedimentary hill 2 km S Cerro Bandera, 1 km S National Road 22, 18.5 km W Cutral-Có, Zapala Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina (38º 58’ 06.0” S, 69º 27’ 08.7” W, 970 m elevation) |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: CENPAT (originally LJAMM-CNP 13464) (Figs. 6, 7), an adult male, collected by J.A. Avila, I. Minoli, C. Medina and M. Kozykariski, 12 November 2010. Paratypes. LJAMM-CNP 13465 (male),13467–13469 (females) from same locality as holotype, collected by J.A. Avila, I. Minoli, C. Medina and M. Kozykariski, 12 November 2010. MLP.S 2625 (male), BYU 52427–52429 (juveniles), eastern outskirts La Amarga village, on the road to Petrified Forest, Zapala Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina (39º06’39.7” S, 69º34’29.2” W, 803 m), collected by L.J. Avila, M. Morando, D. Perez and J. Perez, 2 May 1998. LJAMM-CNP 2542 (female) from 2 km SE La Amarga village, Zapala Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina (39º06’39”S, 69º34’09”W), collected by L.J. Avila and M. Morando, 7 March 2000. LJAMM-CNP 10409 (female), from 2 km E La Amarga village, 11 km E junction Provincial Road 34, Cerro Atravesado, Zapala Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina (39º06’39.70” S, 69º34’9.20” W, 803 m), collected by L.J. Avila, M. Morando and D. Perez, 26 February 2008. LJAMM-CNP 11292–11293, 11339 (females), from 2 km E La Amarga village, 11 km E junction Provincial Road 34, Zapala Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina (39º06’39.70”S, 69º34’9.20”W, 803 m), collected by L.J. Avila, N. Feltrin, M. Nicola, and L.E. Martinez, 17 December 2008. LJAMM-CNP 11297 (female) from National Road, 1 km W junction Provincial Road 34, Cerro Atravesado, Zapala Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina (38º55’14”S, 69º42’13.2”W, 788 m), collected by L.J. Avila, N. Feltrin, M. Nicola, and L.E. Martinez, 17 December 2008. LJAMM-CNP 247 (male), 248 (female) from 40 km E Zapala Yacimiento Cerro Bandera, Zapala Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina (38º57’22.47” S, 69º33’11.50” W, 811 m), collected by S. Tiranti. |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Habitat: small rocks, between bushes; ecotonal area between Patagonian Steppe (Erial Patagónico) and Southern Patagonian Monte. Syntopy: L. darwinii, L. gracilis, L. gununakuna, and L. aff. mapuche, as well as a teiid lizard, Aurivela longicauda and a gecko, Homonota darwinii. In nearby localities we collected Bothrops ammodytoides, Philodryas patagoniensis and P. trilineata, all are known to eat lizards and are probable predators of L. tirantii. Diet: arthropods and some plant matter. |
| Etymology | To honor Sergio Igor Tiranti, an enthusiastic biologist, colleague and friend of the authors, who first discovered and collected the species in early 1990 at the type locality, and to his father Ivan Nicolas Tiranti, professor of genetics at the National University of Río Cuarto, Argentina, who helped the first author on its doctoral studies and shared its experiences and friendship in the academic world. |
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