Phymaturus maquinchao LOBO, BARRASSO, VALDECANTOS, GIRAUDO, DIPIETRO & BASSO, 2022

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Phymaturus maquinchao LOBO, BARRASSO, VALDECANTOS, GIRAUDO, DIPIETRO & BASSO 2022: 204
Distribution	Argentina (Río Negro) Type locality: Provincial Route (PR) N° 23, approx. 10 km N from Maquinchao (41° 11.300' S, 68° 38.386' W; altitude: 876 m.) Veinticinco de Mayo department, Río Negro province, Argentina
Reproduction
Types	Holotype. IBIGEO 6207. Male (Fig. 2A). Deposited at the Reptile collection of the Instituto de Bio y Geociencias del Noa (IBIGEO), Salta, Argentina. Paratypes. IBIGEO 6203, 6205-06, 6208, 6210, 6213, 6215 (4 adult males, 3 juvenile males) and IBIGEO 6209, 6211-12, 6214, 6216 (4 adult females, 1 juvenile female). Deposited at the Reptile collection of the Instituto de Bio y Geociencias del Noa (IBIGEO), Salta, Argentina. Provincial Route (PR) N° 23, approx. 10 km N from Maquinchao (41° 11.300' S, 68° 38.386' W; altitude: 876 m.) Veinticinco de Mayo department, Río Negro province, Argentina. DNA samples: IBIGEO 6211, 6214.
Diagnosis
Comment	Information request form sent to authors on 12/5/2022 with details requested for next database release.
Etymology	Maquinchao refers to the locality where this species was found; it is an ancient native language word that means “site of wintering”.
References	Kwet, A. 2023. Liste der im Jahr 2022 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Elaphe 2023 (3): 48-73 Lobo, F., Barrasso, D. A. ., Valdecantos, S., Giraudo, A. ., Di Pietro, D. O. ., & Basso, N. G. . 2022. Exploring the morphological diversity of Patagonian clades of Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Integrative study and the description of two new species. Cuadernos De Herpetología 36 (2): 197-231 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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