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Phymaturus payuniae CEI & CASTRO, 1973

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPhymaturus patagonicus payuniae CEI & CASTRO 1973: 244
Phymaturus patagonicus payuniae — VANZOLINI in PETERS & OREJAS MIRANDA 1986
Phymaturus payunae — LOBO & QUINTEROS 2005
Phymaturus payuniae — SCOLARO & PINCHEIRA-DONOSO 2010
Phymaturus payuniae — AVILA et al. 2010 
DistributionArgentina (S Mendoza)

Type locality: Argentina, Mendoza, Payun Plateau, 5 km from Payun Volcan [36° 33’ S, 69° 20’ W]  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: IBAUNC 769-6. (Inst. Biol. Anim. Univ. de Cuyo) 
Diagnosis 
CommentFull species fide ETHERIDGE 1995.

Diet: herbivorous

This species belongs to the patagonicus group (fide LOBO et al. 2010) or the payuniae group (MORANDO et al. 2013).

Distribution: for a map of the payuniae group see MORANDO et al. 2013. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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
  • 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. & CASTRO,L.P. 1973. Taxonomic and serological researches on the Phymaturus patagonicus complex. Journal of Herpetology 7 (3): 237-247 - get paper here
  • Corbalan, Valeria; Debandi, Guillermo 2014. Resource segregation in two herbivorous species of mountain lizards from Argentina. The Herpetological Journal 24 (4): 201-208 - get paper here
  • Corbalán, Valeria; Guillermo Deband , José Alejandro Scolaro , and Agustina Ojeda 2016. DNA Barcoding of Phymaturus Lizards Reveals Conflicts in Species Delimitation within the Patagonicus Clade. Journal of Herpetology 50 (4): 654-666 - get paper here
  • D'Amico, Verònica L. and Rocìo Aguilar. 2016. Phymaturus payuniae Blood parasite. Herpetological Review 47 (2): 301-302 - get paper here
  • GONZÁLEZ-MARÍN, ANDREA; CRISTIAN hERNÁN FULVIO PÉREZ, IGNACIO MINOLI, Mariana Morando, Luciano Javier Avila 2016. A new lizard species of the Phymaturus patagonicus group (Squamata: Liolaemini) from northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina. Zootaxa 4121 (4): 412–430 - get paper here
  • Lobo, F. and S. Quinteros 2005. Taxonomic studies of the genus Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae): Redescription of Phymaturus patagonicus Koslowsky 1898, and revalidation and redescription of Phymaturus spurcus Barbour 1921. Journal of Herpetology 39 (4): 533-540 - 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
  • 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
  • Scolaro, J.A. & Pincheira-Donoso, D. 2010. Lizards at the end of the world: Two new species of Phymaturus of the patagonicus clade (Squamata, Liolaemidae) revealed in southern Patagonia of Argentina. Zootaxa 2393: 17–32 - get paper here
 
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