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Liolaemus pseudoanomalus (CEI, 1981)

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLeiosaurus marmoratus BURMEISTER 1861
Phrynosaura marmorata — MÜLLER 1928
Phrynosaura marmoratus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970
Ctenoblepharis marmorata — DONOSO-BARROS 1971
Liolaemus marmoratus — CEI 1979
Ceiolaemus marmoratus — LAURENT 1984
Liolaemus pseudoanomalus CEI 1981 (nomen novum)
Liolaemus pseudoanomalus — CEI 1993
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) pseudoanomalus — SCHULTE et al. 2000
Liolaemus pseudoanomalus — ABDALA & JUÁREZ-HEREDIA 2013
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) pseudoanomalus — MORANDO et al. 2020
Liolaemus pseudoanomalus — AVILA et al. 2021 
DistributionArgentina (Catamarca, La Rioja)

Type locality: Quebrada de la Troya, Nord Anillaco, West Catamarca, Argentina  
ReproductionOviparous 
TypesHolotype: MLUH (Zool. Mus. Halle), number unknown. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: ABDALA & JUÁREZ-HEREDIA (2013: 116) [in Spanish]. 
CommentGroup: Liolaemus anomalus group.

Synonymy: Listed under Helocephalus by BOULENGER (1885: 137) but considered as of uncertain status.

Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (50-80%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023). 
EtymologyNamed after Greek pseudo (ψευδο), false, untrue, mistaken + Latin anomalus, species of Liolaemus due to Koslowsky, 1895. [“...This name alludes to the form's apparent affinity with the sympatric species Liolaemus anomalus Koslowsky 1895...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Abdala, C.S. 2007. Phylogeny of the boulengeri group (Iguania: Liolaemidae, Liolaemus) based on morphological and molecular characters. Zootaxa 1538: 1-84 - get paper here
  • Abdala, Cristian Simón; Juarez Heredia, Viviana Isabel 2013. Taxonomía y filogenia de un grupo de lagartos amenzados: el grupo de Liolaemus anomalus (Iguania:Liolaemidae). Cuadernos de Herpetología 27 (2): - get paper here
  • Acosta, Juan Carlos;Murúa, Fernando 1997. Geographic Distribution. Liolaemus pseudoanomalus. Herpetological Review 28 (1): 50 - get paper here
  • Avila, Luciano Javier, Mariana Morando and Luciana Belver 2003. Natural history and geographic distribution of the desert lizard Liolaemus pseudoanomalus (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae) from the northern Monte region, Argentina. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 38(3):52-53 - 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
  • Avila, Luciano Javier; Martín Miguel Femenías, Cristian Hernán Fulvio Pérez, Mariana Morando 2021. Nuevas especies de Liolaemus para la herpetofauna de la provincia de La Rioja, Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetología 35 (S1): 223-228
  • Burmeister,H. 1861. Reise durch die La Plata Staaten mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die physische Beschaffenheit und den Culturzustand der Argentinischen Republik. Ausgeführt in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 und 1860. Halle, H.W. Schmidt, 2: iv + 538 pp.
  • Cavalcanti, Lucas B Q; Gabriel C Costa, Guarino R Colli, Eric R Pianka, Laurie J Vitt, Daniel O Mesquita 2023. Myrmecophagy in lizards: evolutionary and ecological implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023;, zlad175, - get paper here
  • Cei & PÉFAUR 1982. Una nueva especie de Liolaemus (Iguanidae:Squamata): su sistemática, ecología y distribución. Act. 8th Congr. Latinoam. Zool. 2: 573-586
  • Cei,J.M. 1981. Liolaemus pseudoanomalus, a substitute name for Liolaemus marmoratus (Burmeister). Journal of Herpetology 15 (2): 253-254 - get paper here
  • Müller,L. 1941. Über die in der Sammlung des zoologischen Institutes der Universität Halle a. Saale aufbewahrten Amphibien und Reptilientypen. [type catalogue] Zeitschr. f. Naturwiss. 94: 182-205
  • Núñez,H.; Schulte, J.A. & Garín, C. 2001. Liolaemus josephorum, nueva especie de lagartija para el Norte de Chile. Bol. Mus. Nac.Hist. Nat. 50: 91-107
  • QUINTEROS, ANDRÉS SEBASTIÁN 2013. A morphology-based phylogeny of the Liolaemus alticolor–bibronii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 3670: 1-32 - get paper here
  • SCHULTE II, JAMES A.; J. ROBERT MACEY, ROBERT E. ESPINOZA AND ALLAN LARSON 2000. Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69: 75–102 - get paper here
  • Villavicencio, Héctor J.; Acosta, Juan C.; Marinero, José A.; Cánovas, María G. 2007. Thermal ecology of a population of the lizard, Liolaemus pseudoanomalus in western Argentina. Amphibia-Reptilia 28 (1): 163-165 - get paper here
 
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