Phymaturus verdugo CEI & VIDELA, 2003

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Phymaturus verdugo CEI & VIDELA 2003 Phymaturus verdugo — LOBO et al. 2010 Phymaturus verdugo — CORBALÁN et al. 2018
Distribution	Argentina (Mendoza) Type locality: Río Grande, 35°24’ S, 70°15’ W, near Peteroa Volcano, Mendoza, Argentina.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: MACN 37671 (Mus. Argent. Cien. Nat.). Paratypes: MACN, MRSN, IADIZA, MLP
Diagnosis
Comment	This species belongs to the palluma group (fide LOBO et al. 2010) or the verdugo group. Distribution: for a map of the verdugo group see MORANDA et al. 2013.
Etymology	Named after the Spanish “verdugo”, in reference to the deep black hood of the lizard, reminiscent of a medieval hangman.
References	Abdala, Cristian Simón; Quinteros, Andres Sebastian 2014. Los últimos 30 años de estudios de la familia de lagartijas más diversa de Argentina. Actualización taxonómica y sistemática de Liolaemidae. Cuad. herpetol. 28 (2): 55-82 - get paper here 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 Cei, J.M. & Videla, F. 2003. A new Phymaturus species from volcanic cordilleran mountains of the south-western Mendoza province, Argentina (Liolaemidae, Iguania, Lacertilia, Reptilia). Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino 20 (2): 291-314 CORBALÁN, VALERIA; ALEJANDRO SCOLARO & GUILLERMO DEBANDI 2009. A new species of the genus Phymaturus of the flagellifer group from Central-Western Mendoza, Argentina (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 2021: 42-56 - get paper here Corbalán, Valeria; Nadia Vicenzi, Débora Lina Moreno Azócar, Sofía Literas 2018. Chromatic variability and sexual dimorphism in the rocky lizard Phymaturus verdugo. Canadian Journal of Zoology - get paper here Lobo, F. & Abdala, C. 2007. Descripción de una nueva especie de Phymaturus del grupo de P. palluma de la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina. Cuadernos de herpetología 21 (2): 103-113 - 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 Morando, Mariana; Luciano J. Avila, Cristian H.F. Perez, Monty A. Hawkins, Jack W. Sites 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the lizard genus Phymaturus (Squamata, Liolaemini): Implications for species diversity and historical biogeography of southern South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66 (3): 694-714 - get paper here Troncoso-Palacios, J. & Lobo, F. 2012. A new species of Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) of the palluma group from Central Chile. Cuadernos de Herpetología 26 (2): 69-78 - get paper here Valdecantos, Soledad and Fernando Lobo 2015. First Report of Hemiclitores in Females of South American Liolaemid Lizards. Journal of Herpetology Jun 2015, Vol. 49, No. 2: 291-294. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.seh-herpetology.org/images/atlas/pdf/squamata/tropau.pdf Google images

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