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Liolaemus torresi (NÚÑEZ, NAVARRO, GARÍN, PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & <br />MERIGGIO, 2003)

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria (lizards) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesS: Dragon de Torres-Mura
E: Dragon of Torres-Mura 
SynonymPhrynosaura torresi NÚÑEZ et al. 2003
Phrynosaura torresi — RAMIREZ LEYTON & PINCHEIRA-DONOSO 2005
Liolaemus torresi — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO et al. 2008 
DistributionN Chile

Type locality: Salar del Indio, al SO de Chuquicamata (22°23’S; 68° 52’; 2430 m elevation).  
TypesHolotype: MNHN-3382 
CommentReproduction: viviparous. 
References
  • Langstroth, R.P. 2005. Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana 1 (1): 101-128
  • NÚÑEZ, HERMAN, JOSÉ NAVARRO, CARLOS GARÍN,<br />DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & VALERIA MERIGGIO 2003. PHRYNOSAURA MANUELI Y PHRYNOSAURA TORRESI, NUEVAS ESPECIES DE LAGARTIJAS PARA EL NORTE DE CHILE (SQUAMATA: SAURIA) Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 52: 67-88
  • Pincheira-Donoso, D.; Scolara, J.A. & Sura, P. 2008. A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania). Zootaxa 1800: 1–85 - get paper here
  • Ramírez Leyton, G. & Pincheira Donoso, D. 2005. Fauna del Altiplano y Desierto de Atacama. Phrynosaura Ediciones, 395 pp.
 
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