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Liolaemus nigriceps (PHILIPPI, 1860)

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Black Tree Iguana, Black-head lizard
S: Lagartija de cabeza negra 
SynonymHelocephalus nigriceps PHILIPPI 1860: 167
Helocephalus nigriceps — BOULENGER 1885: 137
Helocephalus nigriceps — KOSLOWSKY 1895: 363
Ctenoblepharis nigriceps — DONOSO-BARROS 1966: 335
Ctenoblepharis nigriceps — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 104
Liolaemus nigriceps — LAURENT 1984
Ctenoblepharis nigriceps VELOSO & NAVARRO 1988
Liolaemus nigriceps — CEI 1993
Liolaemus nigriceps — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & NÚÑEZ 2004
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) nigriceps — RAMIREZ LEYTON & PINCHEIRA-DONOSO 2005: 137
Liolaemus nigriceps — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & NÚÑEZ 2005: 131
Liolaemus nigriceps — LIVIGNI 2013: 362 
DistributionChile (Atacama ?), Argentina (Salta, Jujuy)

Type locality: Pajonal, Atacama, Chile; elevation 10,500 feet.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSM Zool. StSamm. München No. 38/1930. 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: Reports of Liolaemus nigriceps from Atacama (Pincheira-Donoso y Núñez 2005) represent L. patriciaiturrae (Troncoso-Palacios & Ferri-Yánez 2013). 
EtymologyNamed after the black or dark coloration of the head, from Latin niger, nigra, nigrum = black, and -ceps, a short form of Latin caput = head. 
References
  • Abdala, C.S.; S. Quinteros & R.E. Espinoza 2008. Two new species of Liolaemus (iguania: Liolaemidae) from the Puna of Northwestern Argentina. Herpetologica 64 (4): 458–471 - 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
  • Blackburn, Daniel G. 1999. Are Viviparity and Egg-guarding Evolutionarily Labile in Squamates? Herpetologica 55 (4): 556-573 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Cei, J. M. 1993. Reptiles del noroeste, nordeste y este de la Argentina. Museo Regionale Sci. Naturale Torino, Monografie 14: 1-949
  • Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - get paper here
  • Demangel, Diego; Cristian Sepúlveda, Manuel Jara, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso and Herman Núñez 2015. Liolaemus omorfi, A NEW LIZARD SPECIES FROM THE ANDES OF NORTHERN CHILE (SAURIA, LIOLAEMIDAE). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 64: 139-155 - get paper here
  • Donoso-Barros, R. 1966. Reptiles de Chile. Santiago: Univ. Chile, 458 + cxlvi pp.
  • Koslowsky,J. 1895. Batracios y reptiles de Rioja y Catamarca. Rev. Mus. La Plata 6: 359-370 - get paper here
  • Langstroth, R.P. 2005. Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana 1 (1): 101-128
  • Laurent,R.F. 1984. On some iguanid genera related to or previously confused with Liolaemus WIEGMANN. Journal of Herpetology 18 (4): 357-373 - get paper here
  • LiVigni, F. (ed.) 2013. A Life for Reptiles and Amphibians, Volume 1. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 495 pp. - get paper here
  • Núñez, H. and A. Veloso 2001. Distribución geográfica de las especies de lagartos de la región de Antofagasta, Chile. Bol. Mus. Nac.Hist. Nat. 50: 109-120
  • Philippi, R.A. 1860. Reise durch die Wüste Atacama, auf Befehl der chilenischen Regierung im Sommer 1853-1854. Halle, Eduard Anton, ix + 192 pp. - get paper here
  • PINCHEIRA-DONOSO, Daniel & HERMAN NÚÑEZ 2004. Liolaemus robertoi, una nueva especie de Los Andes del norte de Chile perteneciente al grupo ruibali (Iguania: Tropiduridae: Liolaeminae). Multequina 12: 01-15
  • 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
  • QUINTEROS, ANDRÉS SEBASTIÁN & CRISTIAN SIMÓN ABDALA 2011. A new species of Liolaemus of the Liolaemus montanus section (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Northwestern Argentina. Zootaxa 2789: 35–48 - get paper here
  • Ramírez Leyton, G. & Pincheira Donoso, D. 2005. Fauna del Altiplano y Desierto de Atacama. Phrynosaura Ediciones, 395 pp.
  • Troncoso-Palacios, J.; F. Ferri-Yáñez. 2013. Liolaemus patriciaiturrae Navarro and Núñez, 1993 (Squamata: Liolaemidae): Distribution extension in northern Chile and geographic distribution map. Check List 9 (1):78-80 - get paper here
  • Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime; Yery Marambio-Alfaro 2021. Nomenclature and taxonomic status of the lizards listed by Philippi (1860) (Squamata: Liolaemidae, Teiidae and Tropiduridae). Cuadernos de Herpetología 35 (S1): 175-192
  • Valladares, J.F. 2004. NUEVA ESPECIE DE LAGARTO DEL GÉNERO LIOLAEMUS (REPTILIA: LIOLAEMIDAE) DEL NORTE DE CHILE, PREVIAMENTE CONFUNDIDO CON LIOLAEMUS (= PHRYNOSAURA) REICHEI. Cuadernos de Herpetología 18 (1): 43-53 - get paper here
  • Veloso,A. & NAVARRO,J. 1988. Lista sistemática y distribución geográphica de anfibios y reptiles de Chile. Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino 6 (2): 481-539
  • Werning, H. & Wolf, C. 2007. Gebirge und Hochland - Reptilien und Amphibien in einem extremen Lebensraum. Draco 7 (27): 4-27 - get paper here
 
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