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Phymaturus punae CEI, ETHERIDGE & VIDELA, 1985

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cei's Mountain Lizard 
SynonymPhymaturus punae CEI, ETHERIDGE & VIDELA 1985: 320
Centrura punae — CEI 1986
Phymaturus punae — LOBO & QUINTEROS 2005 
DistributionArgentina (San Guillermo)

Type locality: Argentina: San Juan, Llano de los Hoyos, Res. Prov. de San Guillermo  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 19217 (in catalogue as 163981) 
Diagnosis 
CommentDiet: herbivorous

This species belongs to the palluma group (fide LOBO et al. 2010). 
EtymologyNamed after Spanish and Quechua “puna”, a high plateau in the central andes of Perúm Chile, Bolivia and Argentina. [“...El nombre se refiere a las condiciones ambientales de "puna”, que prevalecen en el hábitat de la nueva forma...”]. 
References
  • 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
  • Boretto, J. M.; F. Cabezas-Cartes and N. R. Ibargüengoytía 2015. Energy allocation to growth and reproduction in a viviparous lizard endemic to the highlands of the Andes, Argentina. Journal of Zoology, DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12245 - get paper here
  • Boretto, J.M., N.R. Ibargüengoytía, J.C. Acosta, G.M. Blanco, J. Villavicencio & J.A. Marinero 2007. Reproductive biology and sexual dimorphism of a high-altitude population of the viviparous lizard Phymaturus punae from the Andes in Argentina Amphibia-Reptilia 28(3): 427-432. - get paper here
  • Boretto, Jorgelina M.; Miguel W. Fornés, Graciela A. Jahn, Juan Carlos Acosta, and Nora R. Ibargüengoytía 2014. Testosterone Cycle and Regulation of Reproductive Events in the Lizard Phymaturus punae (Liolaemidae) from the Highlands of the Andes, Argentina. Journal of Herpetology Jun 2014, Vol. 48, No. 2: 172-180. - get paper here
  • Cei, J.M. 2003. SPECIFIC SUPRAOCULAR SCUTELLATION PATTERNS AS SIGNIFICANT DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS: A TAXONOMIC INTER- AND INTRAGENERIC "FINGER-PRINT" IN LACERTILIA. Facena 19: 129-135 - get paper here
  • Cei, J.M.; ETHERIDGE, R.E. & VIDELA, F. 1985. Especies nuevas de iguanidos del noroeste de la provincia de San Juan (Reserva Provincial San Guillermo), Argentina. Deserta 7 [1983]: 316-323
  • 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
  • Piantoni, Carla; Jorgelina Boretto, Marlin Medina, Erika Kubisch, Jimena B. Fernández, Facundo Cabezas-Cartes et al 2025. Unveiling Patagonian Lizards: A Three-Decade Journey through Ecology, Evolution, and Adaptation in a Changing World. In: Urbina-Cardona et al. (eds.) Andean Herpetofauna ... Springer-Nature, pp. 173-195 [2026] - get paper here
 
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