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Liolaemus polystictus LAURENT, 1992

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiolaemus polystictus LAURENT 1992: 15
Liolaemus polystictus — ABDALA et al. 2013
Liolaemus polystictus — AGUILAR-PUNTRIANO et al. 2019 
DistributionPeru (Huancavelica)

Type locality: “Santa Inez (13° 12’ S, 75° 05’ W), about 100 km S of Huancavelica, Depto. Huancavelica, Peru”  
ReproductionViviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 45845, paratypes: MCZ, UMMZ, FMNH 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of the Liolaemus signifer group, differing from all other members of this group by the male color pattern, in which each dorsal scale is bicolor, pigmented at the base, clear behind, giving a striking appearance of fine punctation, and by having a greater sexual dimorphism in size. It can be distinguished from L. signifer by the following differences: 1) 62-75 ventral scales instead of 74-92 between postmentals and vent; 2) 57-70 scales instead of 66-82 around midbody; 3) 55-70 dorsal scales instead of 65-87 between occiput and level of front borders of thighs; 4) some morphometric differences only noticeable on scatter-diagrams because of allometry (Figs. 3-5). L. polystictus differs from L. robustus in the following characters: 1) minimum width of frontal region 24-38% of length of 5 dorsal scales instead of 13-23% (see Fig. 1); 2) minimum distance between nasals 56-87% of minimum distance between supraocular scales instead of 90-142%; 3) 57-70 scales around midbody instead of 47-61; 4) 55-70 dorsal scales instead of 44-59 between occiput and level of front borders of thighs. (Laurent 1992)


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CommentHabitat: one of the few reptiles that reaches altitudes above 5000 m (Olivera and Aguilar 2020) 
EtymologyApparently named after Greek polys (πολύς), several + Greek stiktos (στικτός), marked with spots, dappled. [“...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Abdala, Cristian Simón; Marcos Maximiliano Paz & Romina Valeria Semhan 2013. Nuevo Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) con novedoso carácter morfológico, de la frontera entre Argentina y Chile. Rev. Biol. Trop. 61 (4): 1563-1584 - get paper here
  • Aguilar, Cesar; Perry L. Wood Jr, Mark C. Belk, Mike H. Duff and Jack W. Sites Jr 2016. Different roads lead to Rome: Integrative taxonomic approaches lead to the discovery of two new lizard lineages in the Liolaemus montanus group (Squamata: Liolaemidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, DOI: 10.1111/bij.12890 - get paper here
  • Aguilar-Puntriano, César, César Ramírez , Ernesto Castillo, Alejandro Mendoza, Victor J. Vargas and Jack W. Sites, Jr. 2019. Three New Lizard Species of the Liolaemus montanus Group from Perú. Diversity 11(9): 161 - 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
  • Chaparro JC, Quiroz AJ, Mamani L, Gutiérrez RC, Condori P, De la Riva I, Herrera-Juárez G, Cerdeña J, Arapa LP, Abdala CS. 2020. An endemic new species of Andean lizard of the genus Liolaemus from southern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and its phylogenetic position. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(2) [General Section]: 47–63 (e238)
  • Gutierrez, Roberto; Chaparro, Juan Carlos; Vásquez, Meylin Y.; Quiroz, Aarón Josue; Aguilar Kirigin, Álvaro; Abdala, Cristian Simon 2018. Descripción y relaciones filogenéticas de una nueva especie de Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) y notas sobre el grupo de L. montanus de Perú. Cuad. herpetol. 32 (2): 81-99 - 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
  • Olivera DA, Aguilar CA 2020. Dieta de la lagartija neotropical Liolaemus polystictus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) de los andes centrales, Huancavelica, Perú. Revista peruana de biología 27(3): 339–348 - get paper here
 
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