Liolaemus porosus ABDALA, PAZ & SEMHAN, 2013
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Liolaemus porosus
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| Higher Taxa | Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Liolaemus porosus ABDALA, PAZ & SEMHAN 2013 |
| Distribution | Argentina (Salta), Chile (Atacama Region), above 3600 m elevation Type locality: “20km al Este del puesto de Gendarmería, Argentina, ubicado en el límite internacional con Chile por el paso Socompa, departamento de Los Andes, provincia de Salta, Argentina. Coordenadas: 24°34’40.2’’ S y 68°11’58.4’’ W, 3707 msnm.” |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: FML 2497, adult male |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Within the Liolaemus montanus series, L. porosus is the only species which shows postcloacal pores in males (1-8 x = 3.0 in five of the six males). It can be distinguished from L. annectens; L. chlorostictus; L. dorbignyi; L. duellmani; L. fabiani; L. filiorum; L. forsteri; L. foxi; L. huayra; L. inti; L. jamesi; L. melanogaster; L. nigriceps; L. orientalis; L. patriciaturrae, L. pachecoi; L. pleopholis; L. polystictus; L. puritamensis; L. robustus, L. scrocchii; L. thomasi; L. vallecurensis; L. vulcanus, and L. williamsi, because all these species are larger (with a maximum snout- vent length in adults, between 77 and 105mm vs. 72.9mm in L. porosus). It differs from L. audituvelatus; L. erguetae; L. erroneus; L. ethe- ridgei; L. famatinae; L. fittkaui; L. insolitus; L. lopezi; L. manueli; L. ortizi; L. pantherinus; L. poconchilensis; L. reichei; L. rosenmanni; L. ruibali; L. schmidti; L. stolzmanni and L. torresi, because are smaller than L. porosus, (48-66mm maxSVL vs 72.9mm in L. porosus). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 4574 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: not listed by Ruiz de Gamboa 2016 for Chile. |
| Etymology | named after Latin (Porosus = porous) referring to the large number of pre-cloacal and post-cloacal pores. |
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