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Liolaemus parvus QUINTEROS, ABDALA, GÓMEZ & SCROCCHI, 2008

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiolaemus parvus QUINTEROS, ABDALA, GÓMEZ & SCROCCHI 2008
Liolaemus elongatus elongatus — CEI 1972
Liolaemus elongatus elongatus — CEI 1974: 219-229.
Liolaemus elongatus — CEI 1978
Liolaemus elongatus elongatus — CEI 1986
Liolaemus elongatus — CEI 1998
Liolaemus elongatus — AVILA et al. 1998
Liolaemus elongatus — SCHULTE et al. 2000
Liolaemus cf. elongatus — LOBO 2001
Liolaemus sp. 4 — MORANDO et al. 2003
Liolaemus sp. 4 — AVILA et al. 2004
Liolaemus cf. elongatus — ESPINOZA et al. 2004
Liolaemus parvus — AVILA et al. 2021 
DistributionArgentina (from CW La Rioja to NE Mendoza, between 2700-3500 m elevation)

Type locality: 58 km west of Jagüe, General Sarmiento Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina. 28°29’24.3” S; 68°49’45.3” W, 3532 m elevation.  
Reproductionviviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: FML 16548. adult male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Liolaemus parvus belongs to the L. chiliensis group for having meckel’s groove fused and few or no precloacal pores. within this group it belongs to the petrophilus group (sensu morando et al., 2003 and avila et al. 2004), with L. austromendocinus, L. capillitas, L. dicktracyi, L. gununakuna, L. heliodermis, L. petrophilus, L. talampaya and L. umbrifer. Liolaemus parvus differs from all these species in possessing a shorter snout-vent length (max. sVL 65.1 mm vs 81-103 mm) and a different color pattern. These characteristics also differentiate L. parvus from L. thermarum. it also differs from L. capillitas, L. dicktracyi, L. heliodermis, L. talampaya and L. umbrifer in their absence of red coloration in the cloacal region of males and females; from L. capillitas, L. dicktracyi, L. heliodermis, L. talampaya and L. umbrifer for possessing uniform shoulder coloration, with the absence of black or white spots; from L. austromendocinus in possessing fewer midbody scales (60-77 vs 75-97); from L. austromendocinus, L. heliodermis, L. thermarum and L. umbrifer in possessing more keeled dorsal scales than these species. Liolaemus parvus differs from L. buergeri (included in the capillitas group of Lobo, 2005) in having a shorter snout-vent length (max sVL 65.1 mm vs 108.2 mm), fewer midbody scales (60-77 vs 86-113), fewer ventral scales (96-113 vs 116-139), and a different dorsal color pattern. Liolaemus parvus differs from L. elongatus (with which it was previously confused) by a shorter snout-vent length (max SVL 65.1 mm vs 89.0 mm), fewer midbody scales (60-77 vs 74-89), and a different color pattern.
 
Comment 
Etymologyfrom Latin “parvus” = small, as this is the smallest species of the elongatus‑petrophilus group. 
References
  • Abdala, C.S.; Quinteros, A.S.; Scrocchi, G.J. & Stazzonelli, J.C. 2010. Three new species of the Liolaemus elongatus group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetología 24 (2): 93-109 - 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
  • LASPIUR, A., MEDINA, M., AUSAS, M. S., ACOSTA, J. C., KRENZ, J. D., & IBARGÜENGOYTÍA, N. R. 2024. Thermal niches and activity periods in syntopic Phymaturus and Liolaemus lizards from the Andes, Argentina. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 96, e20191190 - get paper here
  • Quinteros, A.S.; Abdala, C.S.; Díaz Gómez, J.M. & Scrocchi, G.J. 2008. Two new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) of Central West Argentina. South American J. Herp. 3 (2): 101-111 - 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
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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