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Phymaturus payuniae CEI & CASTRO, 1973

IUCN Red List - Phymaturus payuniae - Near Threatened, NT
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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]  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
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). The payuniae group contains P. nevadoi, P. payuniae, P. sitesi, P. delheyi, P. zapalensis, P. rahuensis,
P. cacivioi, P. tenebrosus (Marin et al. 2022).

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
  • Marín, A. G., Sánchez, K. I., Morando, M. & Avila, L. J. 2022. Phenotypic and Geographic Variation in Two Co-Distributed Patagonian Lizard Clades (Squamata, Liolaemini). South American Journal of Herpetology, 25(1), 18-27 - 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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