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Liolaemus signifer (DUMÈRIL & BIBRON, 1837)

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Zodiac Tree Iguana
S: Lagartija rubricauda 
SynonymProctotretus signifer DUMÈRIL & BIBRON 1837: 288 (nomen dubium)
Proctotretus Signifer — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 269
Liolaemus bolivianus PELLEGRIN 1909 (fide HELLMICH 1962)
Liolaemus lenzi BOETTGER 1891: 344
Liolaemus variabilis — RENDAHL 1937
Liolaemus signifer — DONOSO-BARROS 1966: 329
Liolaemus signifer — PETERS et al. 1970: 194
Liolaemus signifer — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) signifer — RAMIREZ LEYTON & PINCHEIRA-DONOSO 2005: 142
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) signifer — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & NÚÑEZ 2005: 172
Liolaemus signifer — AGUILAR-PUNTRIANO et al. 2019
Liolaemus signifer — LANGSTROTH 2021
Liolaemus lenzi — LANGSTROTH 2021 
DistributionChile, Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Potosí), Peru (Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Moquegua, Puno, Tacna)

Type locality: "Chili"; Restricted type locality “highlands of Peru and Bolivia" (Cei, Lescure, and Ortiz, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 2: 999)  
Reproductionovovivparous 
Types 
Diagnosis 
CommentSubspecies: Liolaemus signifer annectens BOULENGER 1901 is now treated as valid species.

Synonymy: Langstroth 2021 considered L. signifer as a nomen dubium. He also considered Liolaemus tropidonotus Boulenger 1902 a junior synonym of L. multiformis. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin signifer, bearer of the mark, stamp or seal. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
  • Abdala CS, Aguilar-Kirigin AJ, Semhan RV, Bulacios Arroyo AL, Valdes J, Paz MM, et al. 2019. Description and phylogeny of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) endemic to the south of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0225815 - get paper here
  • Abdala, C.S.; S. Quinteros & R.E. Espinoza 2008. Two new species of Liolaemus (iguania: Liolaemidae) from the Puna of Northwestern Argentina. Herpetologica 64 (4): 458–471 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Aguilar-Puntriano, César; Esther B. Salazar 2021. Comentarios y adiciones sobre especies recientemente descritas del grupo Liolaemus montanus procedentes de Perú. Cuadernos de Herpetología 35 (S1): 91-100
  • Boettger, Oskar 1891. Reptilien und Batrachier aus Bolivien. Zool. Anz. 14: 343-347 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1901. Further descriptions of new reptiles collected by Mr. P. O. Simons in Peru and Bolivia. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 7 (42): 546-549 - get paper here
  • Cei,J.M., Lescure,J. & Ortiz,J.C. 1980. Redécouverte de l’holotype de Proctotretus signifer DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837 (Reptilia, Iguanidae). Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris (4) 2 (3): 919-925
  • 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)
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  • Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - get paper here
  • Dirksen, L. & De la Riva, I. 1999. The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography. Graellsia 55: 199-215 - get paper here
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1837. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 4. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 570 pp. - get paper here
  • Duméril, A. M.C., G. BIBRON & A. DUMÉRIL 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 9. Paris, XX + 440 S. - get paper here
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  • Hellmich, W. 1962. Bemerkungen zur individuellen Varibialität von Liolaemus multiformis (Cope). (Iguanidae.). Opuscula Zoologica 67: 1-10.
  • Langstroth, R.P. 2005. Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana 1 (1): 101-128
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  • Núñez, H. and A. Veloso 2001. Distribución geográfica de las especies de lagartos de la región de Antofagasta, Chile. Bol. Mus. Nac.Hist. Nat. 50: 109-120
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  • Reyes-Olivares, C. and Labra, A. 2017. Emission of sounds by native lizards of Chile: the state of the art. Boletín Chileno de Herpetología. 4: 1-9 - get paper here
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