| Higher Taxa | Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Main Tree Iguana |
| Synonym | Liolaemus archeforus DONOSO-BARROS & CEI 1971: 93
Liolaemus archeforus — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO et al. 2008: 35
Liolaemus archeforus — SÁNCHEZ et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | Argentina (Buenos Aires lake region)
Type locality: Argentina, Santa Cruz, Puesto Lebrun, Meseta del Lago Buenos Aires, 1500 m elevation [Liolaemus archeforus]
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| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Holotype: IBAUNC 517-3 (Inst. Biol. Anim. Univ. Nac. de Cuyo) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Subspecies: Liolaemus archeforus gallardoi (CEI & SCOLARO 1982) has been elevated to full species status.
Synonymy: L. archeforus is genetically indistinguishable from L. zullyi but morphologically clearly distinguishable, so they appear to be 2 morphs of the same species (Sánchez et al. 2023).
Distribution: not in Chile (fide D. Pincheira-Donoso, pers. comm., 23 May 2017).
Group: kingii group.
Type species: Liolaemus archeforus DONOSO-BARROS & CEI 1971: 93 is the type species of the subgenus Donosolaemus PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & NÚÑEZ 2005. The subgenus contains the following species: archeforus, escarchadosi, gallardoi, sarmientoi, tari, zullyi, scolaroi, baguali, kingi, somuncurae, and tristis fide PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & NÚÑEZ 2005. |
| Etymology | Named after Greek archaios (ἀρχαῖος), from the beginning + Greek phoreus (φορεύς), bearer, carrier. [The meaning of the name does not emerge clearly from the original description, although its authors point out that “...The word archeforus is derived from the greek: αρχαῖος: antique and φορα: to carry, "the carrier of the antiquity"...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
| References |
- 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
- Breitman, M. Florencia; , Luciano J. Avila, Jack W. Sites Jr., and Mariana Morando 2011. Lizards from the end of the world: Phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (2): 364-376 - get paper here
- Breitman, María Florencia; Mariana Morando and Luciano Javier Avila 2013. Past and present taxonomy of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Liolaemidae): is the morphological arrangement hypothesis valid? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168 (3): 612–668 - get paper here
- Breitman, María Florencia; Minoli, Ignacio; Avila, Luciano Javier; Medina, Cintia Debora; Sites, Jr., Jack Walter; Morando, Mariana 2014. Lagartijas de la provincia de Santa Cruz (Argentina): distribución geográfica, diversidad genética y estado de conservación . Cuad. herpetol. 28 (2): 83-110 - get paper here
- Cei J M. Scolaro J A. 1996. A new species of Liolaemus of the archeforus group from the precordilleran valley of the Zeballos river, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina (Reptilia, Tropiduridae). Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino 14 (2): 389-401
- Cei, J.M. & J.A. Scolaro 1982. Un nuevo iguanido tropidurino del genero Liolaemus, grupo kingi archeforus, de la región del Lago belgrano, Santa Cruz, Argentina. Rev. Univ. Nac. Rio Cuarto 2 (2): 257-268
- Donoso-Barros, R. 1973. Una nueva lagartija magallánica (Reptilia, Iguanidae). Neotropica 19: 163-164
- Donoso-Barros,R. & Cei,J.M. 1971. New lizards from the volcanic Patagonian plateau of Argentina. Journal of Herpetology 5 (3-4): 89-95 - get paper here
- Pincheira-Donoso, D.; Scolara, J.A. & Sura, P. 2008. A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania). Zootaxa 1800: 1–85 - get paper here
- PINCHEIRA-DONOSO, Daniel & HERMAN NÚÑEZ 2005. The Chilean species of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania, Tropiduridae, Liolaeminae). Taxonomy, systematics and evolution [in Spanish] Mus Nac Hist Nat Chile Publ Ocas 59: 1-486 - get paper here
- Sánchez, Kevin I; Emilce G Diaz Huesa, María F Breitman, Luciano J Avila, Jack W Sites Jr., Mariana Morando 2023. Complex Patterns of Diversification in the Gray Zone of Speciation: Model-Based Approaches Applied to Patagonian Liolaemid Lizards (Squamata: Liolaemus kingii clade). Systematic Biology syad019 - get paper here
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