Phymaturus querque LOBO, ABDALA & VALDECANTOS, 2010

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Phymaturus querque LOBO, ABDALA & VALDECANTOS 2010
Distribution	Argentina (Neuquén) Type locality: Laguna Blanca, Laguna Blanca national park, Zapala department, Neuquén province, Argentina.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: FML 21556 (fig. 12). c. abdala, s. Quinteros, g. scrocchi, J. c. stazzonelli col. 11/18/2007.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Phymaturus querque n. sp. belongs to the palluma group because it has short non imbricate superciliaries, rugose dorsal scales on tail, usually fragmented subocular and undifferentiated chinshields. Phymaturus querque differs from all members of the “puna clade” because it lacks the spray pattern typical of those species. species morphologically closest to Phymaturus querque are Phymaturus roigorum and Phymaturus dorsimaculatus. unlike P. roigorum, males of P. querque exhibit yellow color on flanks, shoulders and fore limbs while in P. roigorum this color is restricted to the tail. female of P. querque has a reticulate but diffuse dorsal pattern while in P. roigorum its pattern is more conspicuous, and in most of them exhibits a typical ocellate pattern (figs. 12 and 13 in Lobo et al. 2010). female of P. querque shows a scapular pattern formed by vertical bars similar to the pattern present in P. dorsimaculatus but absent in P. roigorum. males of P. querque do not exhibit a melanic throat, while in P. dorsimaculatus it is common in adult males. females of P. dorsimaculatus exhibit a typical pattern formed by black bars on their anterior flanks and along their dorsum a chain of paravertebral irregularly shaped black spots connected between the level of neck and hindlimbs (absent in females of P. querque). P. querque exhibit fewer scales around midbody (= 205.3; sd: 11.8; P. dorsimaculatus: 233.1; sd: 16.7).
Comment
Etymology	the word querque means “lizard” in the mapuche language (original inhabitants from southwestern of argentine and southeastern chile).
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 Lobo, Fernando; Cristian Abdala and Soledad Valdecantos 2010. Taxonomic Studies of the Genus Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae): Description of Four New Species. South American J. Herp. 5 (2):102-126 - get paper here LOBO, FERNANDO; CRISTIAN ABDALA & SOLEDAD VALDECANTOS 2012. Morphological diversity and phylogenetic relationships within a South-American clade of iguanian lizards (Liolaemidae: Phymaturus). Zootaxa 3315: 1–41 - get paper here Lobo, Fernando; Santiago Javier Nenda 2015. Discovery of two new species of Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Patagonia, Argentina, and occurrence of melanism in the patagonicus group. Cuad. herpetol. 29 (1): 5-25 Rolón MCJ, Vera DG, De Los Santos FL, Harkes M, Tettamanti G, Calvo R, Di Pietro DO, Velasco MA, Avila LJ, Williams JD, Kacoliris FP 2024. Herpetofauna of Laguna Blanca National Park, Argentinean Patagonia: species list and conservation status. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 19(1): 35-50 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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