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Liolaemus maldonadae NAVARRO & NÚÑEZ, 1991

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiolaemus maldonadae NAVARRO & NÚÑEZ in NÚÑEZ et al. 1991: 80
Liolaemus (Liolaemus) maldonadae — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & NÚÑEZ 2005: 329
Liolaemus maldonadae — TRONCOSO-PALACIOS 2013 
DistributionChile

Type locality: “Los Molles (30°43'S, 70°39'W; 2.600 a 2.800 msnm)".  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHNC (also as DBCUCH 1401 = Dept. Biol. Cel. Gen. Univ. Chile), adult male 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. We will relaease that material sometime next year. Please contact us if you need any of this data earlier than that. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Hilda Maldonado (?), “...madre del Prof. Arturo Cortés, este último nos proporcionó gentilmente la muestra en estudio...”. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
  • Chávez-Villavicencio, C., & Rivadeneira, M. 2025. Range Contraction and Increasing Extinction Risk Projected for Climate Scenarios for the Lizard Liolaemus maldonadae Núñez et al., 1991 (Squamata, Liolaemidae) in Northern Chile. South American Journal of Herpetology, 34(1), 42-49 - get paper here
  • Chávez-Villavicencio, César; Marcelo Rivadeneira, Elier Tabilo-Valdivieso & Víctor Pastén-Marambio 2026. Habitat Requirements of the Endemic Lizard Liolaemus maldonadae (Squamata: Liolaemidae) in Northern Chile South American Journal of Herpetology Aug 2026 Vol. 39, No. 1: 1-7 - get paper here
  • Chávez-Villavicencio, César; Marcelo Rivadeneira, Elier Tabilo-Valdivieso, Víctor Pastén-Marambio 2026. Habitat Requirements of the Endemic Lizard Liolaemus maldonadae (Squamata: Liolaemidae) in Northern Chile. South American Journal of Herpetology, 39(1), 1-7 - get paper here
  • Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - get paper here
  • Gagliardi-Álvarez, Jorge 2018. Liolaemus maldonadae Núñez, Navarro y Loyola, 1991 Boletín Chileno de Herpetología. 5: 101 - get paper here
  • Nunez H; Navarro J; Loyola J 1991. Liolaemus maldonadae y Liolaemus cristiani, dos especies nuevas de lagartijas para Chile (Reptilia, Squamata). MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL BOLETIN (SANTIAGO) No. 42 1991: 79-88
  • PINCHEIRA-DONOSO, Daniel & HERMAN NÚÑEZ 2005. The Chilean species of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania, Tropiduridae, Liolaeminae). Taxonomy, systematics and evolution [in Spanish] Mus Nac Hist Nat Chile Publ Ocas 59: 1-486 - get paper here
  • Troncoso-Palacios J, Elorza AA, Puas GI, Alfaro-Pardo E 2016. A new species of Liolaemus related to L. nigroviridis from the Andean highlands of Central Chile (Iguania, Liolaemidae). ZooKeys 555: 91-114 - get paper here
  • Troncoso-Palacios, J. 2013. REVISIÓN DEL ESTATUS TAXONÓMICO DE LIOLAEMUS DONOSOI ORTIZ, 1975 (IGUANIA: LIOLAEMIDAE). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 62: 119-127
  • Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime 2012. Comentarios sobre el enigmático Liolaemus melanopleurus (Philippi 1860) a 152 años de su descripción. La Chiricoca (14): 14-21
 
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