| Higher Taxa | Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Phymaturus tenebrosus LOBO & QUINTEROS 2005
Phymaturus tenebrosus — SCROCCHI et al. 2010: 192 |
| Distribution | Argentina (Rio Negro)
Type locality: 20 km south of Cerro Alto, National Road Nº 40, Rio Negro, Argentina [40° 46’ S, 70° 34’ W]
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| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCN-UNSa 1271. C. Abdala, F. Lobo, I. Martínez Oliver, and S. Quinteros, collectors. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Phymaturus tenebrosus belongs to the patagonicus group (sensu Etheridge, 1995) because it has flat imbricate superciliaries, non-rugose dorsal scales on tail, subocular usually not fragmented, and subocularsupralabials separated by one scale row. The new species is distinguishible from all other species of the genus by its dorsal pattern: black in most specimens, some with very fine, sparse white spots (e.g., holotype). This melanissm is dark brown in some specimens. The morphologically most similar species to P. tenebrosus are P. zapalensis and the recently described P. calcogaster, from which this new species can be readily distinguished. Phymaturus zapalensis has a more dense pattern of dorsal spots and very often a pattern of reticulation/ occellation and obvious sexual dimorphism (females with variegated pattern) and P. calcogaster, which was described solely from the male holotype (Scolaro & Cei, 2003), which has a peculiar pattern not seen in P. tenebrosus: dorsum with larger and homogeneous white spots arranged in trasverse rows, a subocular fragmented into five scales (P. tenebrosus usually lacks subocular fragmentation), and the throat of P. calcogaster is variegated. |
| Comment | This species belongs to the patagonicus group (fide LOBO et al. 2010).
Diet: herbivorous |
| Etymology | The epithet tenebrosus Latin word that means “dark, gloomy” in reference to the dark dorsal coloration of this new species. |
| References |
- AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; CRISTIAN HERNAN FULVIO PEREZ, DANIEL ROBERTO PEREZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2011. Two new mountain lizard species of the Phymaturus genus (Squamata: Iguania) from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 2924: 1–21 - get paper here
- Avila, Luciano Javier; Cristian Hernan Fulvio Perez, IGNACIO MINOLI & Mariana Morando 2014. A new lizard of the Phymaturus genus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from Sierra Grande, northeastern Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 3793 (1): 099–118 - get paper here
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- Kubisch, Erika Leticia; Silvina Ippi, Juan karlanian, Valeria Ojeda 2017. Distribution extension of a rare Phymaturus lizard (Squamata: Liolaemidae) reaching Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina). Herpetology Notes 10: 59-62 - get paper here
- Lobo, F. and S. Quinteros 2005. A MORPHOLOGY-BASED PHYLOGENY OF PHYMATURUS (IGUANIA: LIOLAEMIDAE) WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF FOUR NEW SPECIES FROM ARGENTINA. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 45(13):143-177 - 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
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