Liolaemus uptoni SCOLARO & CEI, 2006

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Liolaemus uptoni SCOLARO & CEI 2006
Distribution	Argentina (Patagonia: Chubut), elevation 800 m Type locality: in open steppe zone with abundance of sandy eolic deposits; Bajada del Buey (42º23'46" S; 68º57'56" W; 815 m asl), west of Pampa de Sacanana, Provincial Road 4, Km 360, Chubut Province, Argentina.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: MACN 38742, adult male. Collected by J.A. Scolaro and J.A. Upton, 10 April 1997. Paratypes: MACN-38743, adult male; MACN-38744, adult female, MACN-38745, adult female.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis—Liolaemus uptoni differs from other Liolaemus species for its coloration and lepidosis, being close to Liolaemus somuncurae belonging to kingii group. Its lepidosis shows a dorsal pattern of paravertebral lighter scales, notoriously keeled and larger than in L. somuncurae. The black parietal pileus is more accentuated. Ventral melanism is moderate, with a reticulate pattern of spots and pigment blots more expanded and confluent on a medial line, and semicircular black bands over the cloacal region. Hindlimbs are long, reaching the antehumeral region in females but exceeding it in males: a character which does not occur in L. somuncurae.
Comment	Group: kingii group. Habitat: Liolaemus uptoni was found under isolated bushes present on sandy grounds and eroded slopes at Bajada del Buey, and west of Pampa de Sacanana, Chubut.
Etymology	Named after a late friend and collaborator of the authors, Jorge Arturo Upton.
References	AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Breitman, M. Florencia; , Luciano J. Avila, Jack W. Sites Jr., and Mariana Morando 2011. Lizards from the end of the world: Phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (2): 364-376 - get paper here Breitman, María Florencia; Mariana Morando and Luciano Javier Avila 2013. Past and present taxonomy of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Liolaemidae): is the morphological arrangement hypothesis valid? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168 (3): 612–668 - get paper here Minoli I, Morando M, Avila LJ 2015. Reptiles of Chubut province, Argentina: richness, diversity, conservation status and geographic distribution maps. ZooKeys 498: 103-126. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.498.7476 - get paper here SCOLARO,J.A. & J.M. CEI 2006. A new species of Liolaemus from central steppes of Chubut, Patagonia Argentina (Reptilia: Iguania: Iguanidae). Zootaxa 1133: 61-68 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01133p068f.pdf Google images

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