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Liolaemus torresi (NÚÑEZ, NAVARRO, GARÍN, PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & MERIGGIO, 2003)

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesS: Dragon de Torres-Mura
E: Dragon of Torres-Mura 
SynonymPhrynosaura torresi NÚÑEZ, NAVARRO, GARÍN, PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & MERIGGIO 2003
Phrynosaura torresi — RAMIREZ LEYTON & PINCHEIRA-DONOSO 2005
Liolaemus torresi — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO et al. 2008
Liolaemus torresi — HUAMANI-VALDERRAMA et al. 2020 
DistributionN Chile (Antofagasta, Tarapacá)

Type locality: Salar del Indio, al SO de Chuquicamata (22°23’S; 68° 52’; 2430 m elevation).  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHNC 3382 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (237 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentConservation: near threatened ( 
EtymologyNamed after Juan Carlos Torres-Mura for his notable contributions to the development of natural sciences in Chile; he further collected the specimens. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - get paper here
  • Diaz-Vega, Raul Ignacio 2014. Distribution update of Liolaemus torresi Núñez et al. 2003 (Squamata: Liolamidae) in the Atacama Desert, Chile. New records of Liolaemus torresi in the Atacama Desert. Check List 10 (5): 1234-1236 - get paper here
  • Díaz-Vega, Raúl Ignacio 2015. Observaciones conductuales de especies del grupo de Liolaemus montanus. Boletín Chileno de Herpetología 2: 24-26 - get paper here
  • Huamaní-Valderrama L, Quiroz AJ, Gutiérrez RC, Aguilar-Kirigin A, Huanca-Mamani W, Valladares-Faúndez P, Cerdeña J, Chaparro JC, Santa Cruz R, Abdala CS. 2020. Some color in the desert: description of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from southern Peru, and its conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 1–30 (e250) - get paper here
  • Langstroth, R.P. 2005. Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana 1 (1): 101-128
  • NÚÑEZ, HERMAN, JOSÉ NAVARRO, CARLOS GARÍN, DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & VALERIA MERIGGIO 2003. PHRYNOSAURA MANUELI Y PHRYNOSAURA TORRESI, NUEVAS ESPECIES DE LAGARTIJAS PARA EL NORTE DE CHILE (SQUAMATA: SAURIA). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 52: 67-88 - get paper here
  • Pincheira-Donoso, D.; Scolara, J.A. & Sura, P. 2008. A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania). Zootaxa 1800: 1–85 - get paper here
  • Ramírez Leyton, G. & Pincheira Donoso, D. 2005. Fauna del Altiplano y Desierto de Atacama. Phrynosaura Ediciones, 395 pp.
  • Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime & Katherine Alarcón 2022. REASSESSMENT OF THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF THE CHILEAN DESERT LIZARD LIOLAEMUS TORRESI (NÚÑEZ, NAVARRO, GARÍN, PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & MERIGGIO, 2003, SQUAMATA, LIOLAEMIDAE): AN ENDANGERED (EN) OR NEAR THREATENED SPECIES (NT)? Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 5 (2): 15-25 - get paper here
  • Valladares-Faúndez P, Etheridge R, Abdala CS. 2018. Resurrection and redescription of Liolaemus reichei, proposal of a neotype to stabilize its taxonomy. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 89: 393–401
  • Valladares-Faúndez, P., Franco-León, P., Jove Chipana, C., Navarro Guzmán, M., Ignacio-Apaza, J., Apaza, J. I., ... & Abdala, C. S. 2021. A new lizard of the Liolaemus montanus group that inhabits the hyperarid desert of southern Peru. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2): 10-22 - get paper here
  • Villegas Paredes, L., Huamaní-Valderrama, L., Luque-Fernández, C., Gutiérrez, R.C., Quiróz, A.J., & Abdala, C. S. 2020. Una nueva especie de Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) perteneciente al grupo L. montanus en las lomas costeras del sur de Perú. Revista de Biología Tropical, 68(1): 69-86 - get paper here
 
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