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Liolaemus tacnae (SHREVE, 1941)

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymStenocercus tacnae SHREVE 1941: 73
Liolaemus tacnae — LAURENT 1992
Liolaemus tacnae — ETHERIDGE 1995: 33
Liolaemus tacnae — OCAMPO et al. 2012
Liolaemus tacnae — SANTA-CRUZ et al. 2025 
DistributionS Peru (Tacna, Arequipa), elevation up to 5400 m (Cerdeña et al. 2021)

Type locality: “Toquepala Mine, sixty kilometers east of Moquegua, Department of Tacna, Peru".  
Reproductionviviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 45806, male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Allied to Stenocercus moestus Boulenger, from which this new form differs in having smooth scales on side of the neck, which are slightly smaller than the temporals, in the dorsal scales being subequal or slightly smaller than the ventrals, in usually lacking a distinct denticulation on humeral fold, and in the different coloration. (Shreve 1941)


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CommentHas been transferred to Liolaemus by LAURENT 1992.

Distribution: has been erroneously reported from Chile, based on misidentifications (TRONCOSO-PALACIOS & ETHERIDGE 2012). Possibly the reptile species at the highest known elevation. For a map see SANTA-CRUZ et al. 2025: 120 (Fig. 6). 
Etymologynamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Aguilar, Cesar; Perry Wood, Juan Carlos Cusi, Alfredo Guzman, Frank Huari, Mikael Lundberg, Emma Mortensen, César Ramirez, Daniel Robles, Juana Suarez, Andres Ticona, Victor Vargas, Pablo J. Venegas, Jack Sites 2013. Integrative taxonomy and preliminary assessment of species limits in the Liolaemus walkeri complex (Squamata, Liolaemidae) with descriptions of three new species from Peru. ZooKeys 364 (2013): 47-91 - get paper here
  • Cerdeña J, Farfán J, Quiroz AJ 2021. A high mountain lizard from Peru: The world’s highest-altitude reptile. Herpetozoa 34: 61-65 - get paper here
  • Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - get paper here
  • Etheridge,R. 1995. Redescription of Ctenoblepharys adspersa Tschudi, 1845, and the Taxonomy of Liolaeminae (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates 3142: 1-34 - get paper here
  • Laurent R F 1992. On some overlooked species of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann (Reptilia Tropiduridae) from Peru. Breviora (494): 1-33 - get paper here
  • Lobo, Fernando, Espinoza, Robert E. 2004. Two New Liolaemus from the Puna Region of Argentina and Chile: Further Resolution of Purported Reproductive Bimodality in Liolaemus alticolor (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Copeia 2004 (4): 850–867 - get paper here
  • Ocampo, Mauricio; Álvaro Aguilar-Kirigin, and Sebastián Quinteros 2012. A New Species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) of the Alticolor Group from La Paz, Bolivia. Herpetologica 68 (3): 410-417. - get paper here
  • Quinteros, Andrés Sebastián 2012. Taxonomy of the Liolaemus alticolor–bibronii Group (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species. Herpetologica 68 (1): 100-120 - get paper here
  • QUINTEROS, ANDRÉS SEBASTIÁN 2013. A morphology-based phylogeny of the Liolaemus alticolor–bibronii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 3670: 1-32 - get paper here
  • Quinteros, Andrés Sebastián; Pablo Valladares, Romina Semham, José Luis Acosta, Sebastián Barrionuevo, and Cristian Simón Abdala 2014. A New Species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) of the alticolor-bibronii Group from Northern Chile. South American J. Herp. 9 (1): 20-29. - get paper here
  • Santa-Cruz, R., A. Canazas-Terán, R. Bejarano, E. López, A. Morales, R. von May, A. Catenazzi & C. Aguilar- Puntriano 2025. A new species of the Liolaemus walkeri clade (Squamata: Liolaemidae) in the volcanic chain of Arequipa, Peru. Salamandra 61 (2): 115-131
  • Shreve, Benjamin 1941. Notes on Ecuadorian and Peruvian reptiles and amphibians with description of new forms. Proc. New England zool. Club 18: 71-83
  • TRONCOSO-PALACIOS, JAIME and RICHARD ETHERIDGE 2012. Distributional range of the poorly known Liolaemus tacnae (Shreve 1941). Herpetological Bulletin (121): 35-38 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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