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Liolaemus wari AGUILAR, WOOD, CUSI, GUZMÁN, HUARI, LUNDBERG, MORTENSEN, RAMÍREZ, ROBLES, SUÁREZ, TICONA, VARGAS, VENEGAS & SITES, 2013

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiolaemus wari AGUILAR, WOOD, CUSI, GUZMÁN, HUARI, LUNDBERG, MORTENSEN, RAMÍREZ, ROBLES, SUÁREZ, TICONA, VARGAS, VENEGAS & SITES 2013
Liolaemus walkeri LOBO & ESPINOZA 1999
Liolaemus walkeri MARTÍNEZ-OLIVER & LOBO 2002
Liolaemus walkeri LOBO et al. 2007
Liolaemus walkeri QUINTEROS 2012
Liolaemus walkeri OCAMPO et al. 2012 
DistributionES Peru (Ayacucho)

Type locality: Abra Toccto, Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Department, Peru, -13.345S, -74.167W, elevation 4231 m  
Reproductionprobably ovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: MUSM 30837, adult male collected on 4 June 2012 by César Aguilar and Víctor Vargas. Paratypes. MUSM, BYU 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Small (61.4 mm maximum SVL), slender Liolaemus, closely related to L. chavin sp. n., L. pachacutec sp. n., L. tacnae and L. walkeri (Fig. 1). It differs from L. chavin sp. n., L. pachacutec sp. n. and L. walkeri in having a ringed pattern on the ventral tail of adult males. It differs from L. pachacutec sp. n. in having spots in the lateral fields. Liolaemus wari differs from L. tacnae and L. chavin in having precloacal pores in males. In comparison with other species assigned to the L. alticolor group, L. wari sp. n. differs from L. chaltin in having precloacal pores in males. It differs from L. paulinae in lacking keeled neck scales. It differs from L. puna, L. alticolor and L. incaicus in having black spots on belly of adult males. It differs from L. aparicioi in lacking keeled temporal scales. It differs from L. bitaeniatus and L. pagaburoi in having a smooth dorsal surface of the head (rough to slightly dorsal surface of the head). It differs from L. pyriphlogos in the absence of red marks in the lateral field (red marks in the lateral fields present). It differs from L. variegatus in the absence of keeled temporal scales, rugose dorsal head scales and precloacal pores in females.
 
CommentHabitat: on ground or under rocks in grassland and shrubland.

Sympatry: Liolaemus montanus series, Tachymenis peruviana. 
EtymologyThe specific epithet wari refers to the pre-Inca culture Wari (600–850 AD), which had its center close to the type locality. The species name is in the nominative singular. 
References
  • Aguilar, Cesar; Perry Wood, Juan Carlos Cusi, Alfredo Guzman, Frank Huari, Mikael Lundberg, Emma Mortensen, César Ramirez, Daniel Robles, Juana Suarez, Andres Ticona, Victor Vargas, Pablo J. Venegas, Jack Sites 2013. Integrative taxonomy and preliminary assessment of species limits in the Liolaemus walkeri complex (Squamata, Liolaemidae) with descriptions of three new species from Peru. ZooKeys 364 (2013): 47-91; doi: 10.3897/zookeys.364.6109 - get paper here
 
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