Liolaemus lonquimayensis ESCOBAR-HUERTA, SANTIBÁÑEZ-TORO & ORTIZ, 2015
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Higher Taxa | Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Liolaemus lonquimayensis ESCOBAR-HUERTA, SANTIBÁÑEZ-TORO & ORTIZ 2015 |
Distribution | C Chile (Volcán Lonquimay) Type locality: northern slopes of Volcán Lonquimay (38°23’16’’S, 71°37’42’’W; elevation 1777 m. |
Reproduction | viviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Holotype: MZUC 40365 (Museo de Zoología de la Universidad de Concepción, Chile), adult male collected on 6 February 2013 by G. Escobar, J. Santibáñez, X. Fuentealba and F. Escobar. Allotype: MZUC-40366, adult female. Same collection data as the holotype. Paratypes: MZUC- 40367, adult female; MZUC-40368 juvenile female. Same collection data as the holotype (Fig. 3). |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Liolaemus lonquimayensis sp. nov. is a member of the elongatus group, characterized by moderate body size; body elongated but robust. Scales small, subimbricate and not ending in a spine. Tail ringed, tending to circular in transverse section, length reaching 1.5 times SVL. Absence of sexual dimorphism and dichromatism. Wide dark band in the inferior flanks from the axilla to the ingle, absent or similar to the wide vertebral band. Abdominal melanism infrequent (some species have ventral scales of a tenuous gray color). Gular folds absent (some species have hemigular folds). The species is found in riparian and saxicolous habitats (Espinoza et al. 2000; Cei and Videla 2003). L. lonquimayensis and L. thermarum is distinguished from almost all species of the elongatus clade by the total absence of precloacal pores in males. (i. e., L. chillanensis, and L. elongatus). |
Comment | Sympatry: L. cristiani. Distribution: not listed by Ruiz de Gamboa 2016 for Chile Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | The specific name lonquimayensis refers to the Lonquimay volcano, the type locality of this Andean species. |
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