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Liolaemus petrophilus DONOSO-BARROS & CEI, 1971

IUCN Red List - Liolaemus petrophilus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiolaemus elongatus petrophilus DONOSO-BARROS & CEI 1971: 93
Liolaemus petrophilus — ESPINOZA, LOBO & CRUZ 2000
Liolaemus petrophilus — SCROCCHI et al. 2010: 143 
DistributionArgentina (Somuncura Plateau, Chubut [HR 32: 64], Rio Negro), elevation 350-1400 m

Type locality: Argentina, Rio Negro, Meseta de Somuncura, entre Laguna Raimunda y Laguna Clara, 1400 m (= Lagunas Chara and Raimundo)  
ReproductionVivparous 
TypesHolotype: IBAUNC 496-3 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. See entry of Liolaemus punmahuida. 
CommentRaised to full species status by CEI & AVILA 1996. Belongs to the Liolaemus elongatus group (fide ESPINOZA et al. 2000). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin petra or G. πέτρα, rock, stone and Latin philus, or G. φιλος, friend, beloved. [“...The name petrophilus is derived from the Latin, petrus: stone and philus: friend, "friend of the stones"...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
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, L.J.; Morando, M.; Perez C.H.F. & Sites, J.W. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of lizards of the Liolaemus petrophilus group (Squamata: Liolaemidae), with descriptions of two new species from western Argentina. Herpetologica 60 (2): 187-203 - get paper here
  • Avila, Luciano J. 1996. Liolaemus elongatus petrophilus: Ampliación de su distribución geografica y primera cita para la Provincia de Neuquen. Facena 12: 139-140 - 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,L.J.; Perez, C.H.F. & Morando,M. 2003. A new species of Liolaemus (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Northwestern Patagonia (Neuquén, Argentina). Herpetologica 59 (4): 534–545 - 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
  • Cei, J. M.; Avila, L. J. 1998. Reconocimiento de la categoria de especie para Liolaemus petrophilus (Squamata: Tropiduridae: Liolaeminae). Facena 15: 75-80 - get paper here
  • Cei, J. M.y L. J. Avila. 1998. RECONOCIMIENTO DE LA CATEGORÍA DE ESPECIE PARA Liolaemus petrophilus (SQUAMATA: TROPIDURIDAE: LIOLEMINAE). Facena 14: 75-80.
  • Cei,J.M. 1974. Revision of the Patagonian Iguanids of the Liolaemus elongatus complex. Journal of Herpetology 8 (3): 219-229 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Espinoza, R.E. & Lobo, F. 2003. Two new species of Liolaemus lizards from northwestern Argentina: speciation within the Northern subclade of the elongatus group (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Herpetologica 59 (1): 89-105 - get paper here
  • Espinoza,R.E.; Lobo, F. & Cruz,F.B. 2000. Liolaemus heliodermis, a new lizard from northwestern Argentina with remarks on the content of the elongatus group (Iguanaia: Tropiduridae). Herpetologica 56 (4): 507-516 - get paper here
  • Halloy, Monique; Robles, Cecilia; Salica, María José; Semhan, Romina; Juárez Heredia, Viviana; Vicente, Natalin 2013. Aportes en el estudio del comportamiento y ecología de lagartijas de los géneros Liolaemus y Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemini). Cuadernos de Herpetología 27 (1): - get paper here
  • Medina, Cintia D.; Luciano J. Avila, Jack W. Sites, and Mariana Morando 2015. Molecular Phylogeny of the Liolaemus kriegi Complex (Iguania, Liolaemini). Herpetologica Jun 2015, Vol. 71, No. 2: 143-151. - get paper here
  • Minoli I, Morando M, Avila LJ 2015. Reptiles of Chubut province, Argentina: richness, diversity, conservation status and geographic distribution maps. ZooKeys 498: 103-126. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.498.7476 - get paper here
  • Núñez,H.; Schulte, J.A. & Garín, C. 2001. Liolaemus josephorum, nueva especie de lagartija para el Norte de Chile. Bol. Mus. Nac.Hist. Nat. 50: 91-107
  • Perez, C.H.F.; N. Frutos; M. Kozykariski; M. Morando; D.R. Perez; L.J. Avila. 2011. Lizards of Rio Negro Province, northern Patagonia, Argentina. Check List 7 (3): 202-219 - 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
  • Ruiz, Soledad; Pablo Chafrat, Matías Quipildor, Soledad Valdecantos, Fernando Lobo 2023. Description of a new species of the Liolaemus elongatus group (Squamata: Iguania) through integrative taxonomy. Cuad. herpetol. 37 (2): 105-129 - 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
  • Scolaro, Jose A. 1993. Liolaemus elongatus petrophilus (stone-loving lizard). Argentina: Chubut. Herpetological Review 24 (3): 109 - get paper here
  • Scrocchi, Gustavo J.; Cristian S. Abdala,Javier Nori, Hussam Zaher 2010. Reptiles de la provincia de Río Negro, Argentina. Fondo Ed. Rionegrino, 249 pp.
  • 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
  • Winchell, S. 2010. Die Reptilien Argentiniens. Reptilia (Münster) 15 (83): 20-27 - get paper here
 
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