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Liolaemus splendidus RUIZ, CHAFRAT, QUIPILDOR, VALDECANTOS & LOBO, 2023

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiolaemus splendidus RUIZ, CHAFRAT, QUIPILDOR, VALDECANTOS & LOBO 2023: 116 
DistributionArgentina (Neuquén)

Type locality: National Route No. 237, 9 km north of Piedra del Águila, (39º58'54.3''S; 70º02'36''W, 650 m a.s.l.), Collón Curá department, Neuquén province, Argentina  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MPCN-H 503 (Adult male). Chafrat P., Flores A., and cols. December 21, 2021.
Paratypes: IBIGEO 5531-5533 (male, female, juvenile respectively): National Route No. 237, 9 km north of Piedra del Águila, (39º58'54.3''S; 70º02'36''W, 638 m), Collón Curá department, Neuquén province, Argentina. Hibbard T., Lobo F., Quipildor M., Slodki D., Valdecantos S. cols. December 8, 2016. MPCN-H-500-502 (female, male, male respectively): National Route No. 237, 9 km north of Piedra del Águila, (39º58'54.3''S; 70º02'36''W, 644 m), Collón Curá department, Neuquén province, Argentina. Chafrat P., Gonzales L., Chafrat H., Medina V., Chafrat C., Chafrat P.J. cols. December 2, 2021. MPCN H504-510 (juvenile, female, male, male, female, male and juvenile respectively): National Route No. 237, 9 km north of Piedra del Águila, (39º58'54.3''S; 70º02'36''W, 650 m), Collón Curá department, Neuquén province, Argentina. Chafrat P., Flores A. cols. December 21, 2021. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin splendidus, splendid, glittering. [“...The specific epithet “splendidus” is from the Latin 'bright' or glittering’. It refers to the predominantly bright green body coloration in this population...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • 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
 
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