| Higher Taxa | Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Liolaemus andinus poecilochromus LAURENT 1986 (new combination fide LAURENT 1992)
Liolaemus poecilochromus — SCHULTE et al. 2000
Liolaemus pocilochromus [sic] — NÚÑEZ & VELOSO 2001
Liolaemus poecilochromus — VALLADARES et al. 2002
Liolaemus poecilochromus — ABDALA et al. 2008
Liolaemus poecilochromus — ABDALA et al. 2009 |
| Distribution | Argentina (Catamarca, Salta)
Type locality: “Los Nacimientos, Dept. Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca".
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| Reproduction | Vivparous. |
| Types | Holotype: FML 1176/5 (Fundación Miguel Lillo) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & NÚÑEZ 2005 and PINCHEIRA-DONOSO et al. 2008 considered L. poecilochromus as a synonym of L. andinus, a decision that is rejected by LOBO et al. 2010. More recently, PINCHEIRA-DONOSO agreed that it is likely a valid species (pers. comm., 23 May 2017), but does not occur in Chile. |
| Etymology | Named after Greek poikilos (ποικίλος), many-coloured, spotted, mottled, pied, dappled + Greek chroma (χρῶμα), the surface, skin: the colour of the skin. [“...En el tipo y algunos otros ejemplares la coloración negra se volvió predominante y solo deja pequeñas manchas claras irregulares. Entre este patrón y el de las manchas negras simétricas hay todas los intermediarios...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
| 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
- Abdala, Cristian S.; Juan C. Acosta, Mario R. Cabrera, Héctor J. Villavicencio, José Marinero 2009. A New Andean Liolaemus of the L. montanus Series (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Western Argentina. South American J. Herp. 4 (2): 91–102 - get paper here
- Abdala, Cristian Simón; Juan Manuel Díaz Gómez, Roberto Langstroth 2021. Historia y taxonomía: redescripción de Liolaemus andinus Koslowsky, 1895 y descripción de dos nuevas especies de Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Cuadernos de Herpetología 35 (S1): 5-34 - get paper here
- Abdala, Cristian Simón; Marcos Maximiliano Paz & Romina Valeria Semhan 2013. Nuevo Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) con novedoso carácter morfológico, de la frontera entre Argentina y Chile. Rev. Biol. Trop. 61 (4): 1563-1584 - 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
- Laurent R F 1986. Descripciones de nuevas Iguanidae del genero Liolaemus. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 38 (2): 87-105
- Lobo, F.; Espinoza, R.E. and S. Quinteros 2010. A critical review and systematic discussion of recent classification proposals for liolaemid lizards. Zootaxa 2549: 1–30 - 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
- 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
- Valdecantos, María Soledad; Federico Arias, and Robert E. Espinoza 2012. Herbivory in Liolaemus poecilochromus, a Small, Cold-Climate Lizard from the Andes of Argentina. Copeia 2012 (2): 203-210. - 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
- VALLADARES, J. PABLO; RICHARD ETHERIDGE, JAMES SCHULTE II, GERMAN MANRIQUEZ & ANGEL SPOTORNO 2002. Nueva especie de lagartija del norte de Chile, Liolaemus molinai (Reptilia: Liolaeminae). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75: 473-489 - get paper here
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