Liolaemus uspallatensis MACOLA & CASTRO, 1982

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Macola's Tree Iguana
Synonym	Liolaemus uspallatensis MACOLA & CASTRO 1982 Liolaemus (Eulaemus) uspallatensis — SCHULTE et al. 2000 Liolaemus uspallatensis — CAMARGO et al. 2012 Liolaemus (Eulaemus) uspallatensis — MORANDO et al. 2020
Distribution	Argentina (San Juan) Type locality: Argentina, Mendoza, Uspallata
Reproduction	Oviparous
Types	Holotype: IBAUNC 1407/1 (Inst. Biol. Anim. Univ. de Cuyo)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: ETHERIDGE 1993: 180. Additional details (33 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Member of the darwinii group of Liolaemus.
Etymology	Named after the type locality, the town of Uspallata, or the Sierra of the same name.
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 Aiassa, D.; N. Gorla, L. Ávila, R. Martori 2002. Karyotype of Liolaemus uspallatensis Macola and Castro, 1982 (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae): The smallest chromosome number of the genus and its comparison with other congeneric species. Amphibia-Reptilia 23 (3): 353-358 - 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 Buff, Ricardo, Pablo Gomez, Jose Marinero and Jose Hector Villavicencio 2001. Geographic distribution. Liolaemus uspallatensis. Herpetological Review 32 (3):193. - 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 Macola & CASTRO 1982. Una nueva especie del género Liolaemus del área subandina—Uspallata, Mendoza, Argentina. Liolaemus uspallatensis n. sp. (Iguanidae). Publ. Ocas. Inst. Biol. Anim. Univ. Cuyo, Ser. Cien. 15: 1 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 Scolaro J A. CEI J M. 1991. The poorly known Andean lizard Liolaemus uspallatensis Macola & Castro 1982, and its introgeneric relationships: a taxonumerical approach (Reptilia, Iguanidae). Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino 9 (1): 91-104.
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