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Liolaemus tandiliensis VEGA, BELLAGAMBA & LOBO, 2008

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiolaemus tandiliensis VEGA, BELLAGAMBA & LOBO 2008 
DistributionArgentina (Buenos Aires Province: Tandilia Mountain Range)

Type locality: “Sierra Los Difuntos, Partido General, Pueyrredón, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (37 ̊53’30”S; 57 ̊50’30”W)".  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MLP (Univ. Nac. Mar del Plata) No. 0561. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Liolaemus tandiliensis is a small, slender, Liolaemus morphologically similar to small forms of the alticolor group (sensu Lobo and Espinoza, 1999, 2004) that may be distinguished from all other members of this group with the exception of L. gracilis, L. saxatilis, L. sanjuanensis, L. robermertensi, L. chiliensis and L. nitidus in having lateral nuchal scales that are keeled and imbricate and lacking longitudinal and antegular folds. Adittionally, L. tandiliensis differs from L. saxatilis, L. sanjuanensis, L. robermertensi, L. chiliensis and L. nitidus except L. gracilis in having a differentiated auricular scale and two or three enlarged scales on the anterior margin of ear. The new species can be distinguished from the similar species L. gracilis, in the following characters: narrow, light (cream, whitish, yellowish) dorsolateral stripes in L. gracilis less evident or absent in L. tandiliensis; dorsolateral stripes in L. gracilis bordered medially by a thin black line absent in L. tandiliensis; small and segmental paravertebral spots present in L. tandiliensis, absent in L. gracilis; large black spots on the flanks (sometimes nearly completely fused) present in L. tandiliensis, absent in L. gracilis (Fig. 1); ventral scales of L. gracilis are without pigmentation and ventral surfaces (throat, neck, chest, and abdomen) are whitish, grayish-plumb in L . tandiliensis; 70% of L. tandiliensis have keeled or slightly keeled temporal scales, keeled in 6% of L. gracilis; auricular scale more often differenti- ated in L. gracilis (94%) than in L. tandiliensis (41%); mean number of dorsal head scales and infradigital lamellae of the 4th. toe of hand in L. tandiliensis significantly greater than in L. gracilis; mean number of enlarged supraocular scales, neck scales and scales between frontal and superciliaries significantly smaller than in L. gracilis (Table 1); and L. tandiliensis with a significantly longer snout– vent length and head width but significantly smaller maximum body width and tail length than L. gracilis (Table 2 in VEGA et al. 2008). 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Tandilia System of mountain ranges of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina, in which this species appears to be endemic. 
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
  • 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
  • Vega, Laura E.; Patricio J. Bellagamba, and Fernando Lobo 2008. A NEW ENDEMIC SPECIES OF LIOLAEMUS (IGUANIA: LIOLAEMIDAE) FROM THE MOUNTAIN RANGE OF TANDILIA, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA. Herpetologica 64 (1): 81-91 - get paper here
  • VEGA, LAURA ESTELA; ANDRÉS SEBASTIÁN QUINTEROS, OSCAR ANÍBAL STELLATELLI, PATRICIO JUAN BELLAGAMBA, CAROLINA BLOCK, ENRIQUE ALBERTO MADRID 2018. A new species of the Liolaemus alticolor-bibronii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from East-central Argentina. Zootaxa 4379 (4):539-555 - get paper here
  • Vera, David G, Diego O Di Pietro, Clara Trofino Falasco, Germán Tettamanti, Luciana Iriarte, Micaela Harkes, Federico P Kacoliris, and Igor Berkunsky. 2022. Identifying Key Conservation Sites for the Reptiles of the Tandilia Mountains in Pampas Highlands. Journal for Nature Conservation, 126321 - get paper here
 
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