Liolaemus abaucan ETHERIDGE, 1993

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Liolaemus abaucan ETHERIDGE 1993 Liolaemus (Eulaemus) abaucan — SCHULTE et al. 2000 Liolaemus abaucan — CAMARGO et al. 2012
Distribution	Argentina (Catamarca) Type locality: 12 km South of Palo Blanco, Ruta Prov. 34, Dpto. Tinogasta
Reproduction	Oviparous
Types	Holotype: FML 2638
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Within the Liolaemus darwinii complex, adult males of Liolaemus abaucan may be distinguished from L. darwinii, L. olongasta and L. laurenti in lacking intensely dark pigment within the antehumeral fold, from L. quilmes, L. ornatus, L. irregularis and L. uspallatensis in having the postscapular spots enlarged; and, from L. ornatus and L. irregularis in having precloacal pores in 10 per cent or fewer of the females rather than more than 95 per cent, and a very different dorsal pattern (Etheridge 1993: 165). Additional details (1583 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Member of the darwinii group of Liolaemus.
Etymology	The name is in reference to the valley ofthe Rio Abaucan in western Catamarca Province, to which this species apparently is restricted.
References	Abdala, C.S. 2005. Una nueva especie del género Liolaemus perteneciente al complejo darwinii (Iguania:Liolaemidae) de la provincia de Catamarca, Argentina. Revista Española de Herpetologia 19:5-17 - get paper here Abdala, C.S. 2007. Phylogeny of the boulengeri group (Iguania: Liolaemidae, Liolaemus) based on morphological and molecular characters. Zootaxa 1538: 1-84 - get paper here ABDALA, CRISTIAN SIMÓN; ANDRÉS SEBASTIÁN QUINTEROS,, FEDERICO ARIAS, SABRINA PORTELLI & ANTONIO PALAVECINO 2011. A new species of the Liolaemus darwinii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Salta Province, Argentina. Zootaxa 2968: 26–38 - 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 Camargo, Arley; Luciano J. Avila, Mariana Morando, and Jack W. Sites, Jr 2012. Accuracy and Precision of Species Trees: Effects of Locus, Individual, and Base Pair Sampling on Inference of Species Trees in Lizards of the Liolaemus darwinii Group (Squamata, Liolaemidae). Systematic Biology 61: 272-288 - get paper here Etheridge, R. 1993. Lizards of the Liolaemus darwinii complex (Squamata: Iguania: Tropiduridae) in Northern Argentina. MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI BOLLETTINO (TURIN). 11 (1): 137-199 Etheridge, R. 2000. A review of lizards of the Liolaemus wiegmannii group (Squamata, Iguania, Tropiduridae), and a history of morphological change in the sand-dwelling species. Herpetological Monographs 14: 293-352 - get paper here Morando, M.; Avila, L.J.; Baker, J. & Sites, J.W. 2004. PHYLOGENY AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE LIOLAEMUS DARWINII COMPLEX (SQUAMATA: LIOLAEMIDAE): EVIDENCE FOR INTROGRESSION AND INCOMPLETE LINEAGE SORTING. Evolution 58 (4): 842–861 - get paper here SCHULTE II, JAMES A.; J. ROBERT MACEY, ROBERT E. ESPINOZA AND ALLAN LARSON 2000. Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69: 75–102 - get paper here Tulli, M.J.; F.B. Cruz, A. Herrel, B. Vanhooydonck, V. Abdala 2009. The interplay between claw morphology and microhabitat use in neotropical iguanian lizards. Zoology 112 (5): 379-392 - get paper here
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