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Liolaemus irregularis LAURENT, 1986

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiolaemus irregularis LAURENT 1986
Liolaemus irregularis — ETHERIDGE 1993: 177
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) irregularis — SCHULTE et al. 2000
Liolaemus irregularis — CAMARGO et al. 2012
Liolaemus irregularis — RUIZ et al. 2021 
DistributionArgentina (Salta, Jujuy)

Type locality: San Antonio de los Cobres, provincia de Salta, Argentina  
ReproductionVivparous 
TypesHolotype: FML 1360 (Fundación Miguel Lillo), paratypes: MACN, FML 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: ETHERIDGE 1993: 177. 
CommentMember of the darwinii group of Liolaemus. 
EtymologyNamed after the highly variable and extremely irregular dorsal pattern of spots and blotches in adult males, from Latin irregularis (= irregular, unusual). 
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
  • Laurent R F 1986. Descripciones de nuevas Iguanidae del genero Liolaemus. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 38 (2): 87-105
  • Quinteros AS, Portelli SN. 2025. The micro-niche explains allotopy and syntopy in South American Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) lizards. PeerJ 13:e18979 - get paper here
  • Ruiz, S., Quipildor, M., Ruiz-Monachesi, M. R., Escalante, L., Valdecantos, S., & Lobo, F. 2021. Diversification and geological history of the Liolaemus ornatus group (Squamata: Iguania) of Argentina including the recognition of a new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger - 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
  • Valdecantos, María Soledad; Fernando Lobo 2007. Dimorfismo sexual en Liolaemus multicolor y L. irregularis (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Basic and Applied Herpetology 21: 55-69
  • Valdecantos, María Soledad; Fernando Lobo 2007. Dimorfismo sexual en Liolaemus multicolor y L. irregularis (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Revista Española de Herpetología 21: 55-69 - get paper here
  • Valdecantos, S., V. Martínez & A. Labra 2015. Description of a proctodeal gland present in three South American Liolaemus lizards (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Salamandra 51 (2): 182-186 - get paper here
  • Varela, Esperanza Amalia 1999. Tipos de la colección herpetológica del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [type catalog] Iheringia, Sér. Zool., Porto Alegre (87): 57-74
 
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