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Liolaemus nigroviridis MÜLLER & HELLMICH, 1932

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Black-green Tree Iguana 
SynonymLiolaemus nigroviridis nigroviridis MÜLLER & HELLMICH 1932: 318
Liolaemus nigroviridis campanae HELLMICH 1950: 152
Liolaemus nigroviridis minor MÜLLER & HELLMICH 1932: 326
Liolaemus nigroviridis nigroroseus DONOSO-BARROS 1966: 271
Liolaemus nigroviridis — SCHULTE et al. 2000
Liolaemus (Liolaemus) nigroviridis — PINCHEIRA-DONOSO & NÚÑEZ 2005: 334
Liolaemus nigroviridis campanae — WERNING & WOLF 2007
Liolaemus nigroviridis — TRONCOSO-PALACIOS 2013
Liolaemus nigroviridis — TRONCOSO-PALACIOS & CONTRERAS 2023
Liolaemus campanae — TRONCOSO-PALACIOS & CONTRERAS 2023 
DistributionChile (Antofagasta to Santiago)

Type locality: Valle del Río San Francisco, Santiago, Chile, elevation 2400 m (Massiv des Cerro del Plomo)  
ReproductionVivparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSM 43/1930, male, collected by W. Hellmich, 27.12.1930. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (4725 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: According to NÚÑEZ & JAKSIC 1992, all subspecies are invalid and synonymous to Liolaemus nigroviridis.

LOBO (2001) suggests the following monophyletic species groups within Liolaemus: alticolor, altissimus, gravenhorstii, hellmichi, kriegi, leopardinus, monticola, nigromaculatus, nigroviridis, pictus and tenuis. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin nigro, be black; make black + Latin viridis, fresh, green. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
  • Castro-Pastene, Carlos; Lucia Abello & Matías Tobar-González. 2018. Presencia de Liolaemus nigroviridis Müller y Hellmich 1932 (Squamata, Liolaemidae) en el cerro Poqui, Coltauco, Región de O ́Higgins, Chile. Boletín Chileno de Herpetología. 5: 31-32 - get paper here
  • CIANFERONI, FRANCO; ROMINA P. YÁÑEZ, R. EDUARDO PALMA, CARLOS F. GARIN, FERNANDO TORRES-PÉREZ 2013. Deep Divergences within Liolaemus nigroviridis (Squamata, Liolaemidae) Lineages Associated with Sky Islands in Central Chile. Zootaxa 3619 (1): 059–069 - get paper here
  • Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - get paper here
  • Demangel, Diego 2016. Guía de Campo - Reptiles del centro sure de Chile. Corporación Chilena de la Madera, Concepción, Chile 187 pp. - get paper here
  • Donoso-Barros, R. 1966. Reptiles de Chile. Santiago: Univ. Chile, 458 + cxlvi pp.
  • Gagliardi, Jorge et al. 2016. Fotografías herpetológicas. Boletín Chileno de Herpetología. 3: 40-52. PDF - get paper here
  • Hellmich,W. 1950. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Herpetofauna Chiles XIII. Die Eidechsen der Ausbeute Schröder (Gattung Liolaemus, Iguan.). Veröff. Zool. Staatssammlung München 1: 129-194 - get paper here
  • Lobo, Fernando 2001. A Phylogenetic Analysis of Lizards of the Liolaemus chiliensis Group (Iguania: Tropiduridae). The Herpetological Journal 11 (4):137-150 - get paper here
  • Mella-Romero J, Maya-Miranda S, Véliz D, Simonetti JA 2024. Assessing the vulnerability of a sky island lizard to climate and land-use change. Herpetozoa 37: 257-267 - get paper here
  • MELLA-ROMERO, JORGE; JORGE MELLA, DAVID VÉLIZ & JAVIER A. SIMONETTI. 2023. Análisis de registros históricos y distribución actualizada de Liolaemus nigroviridis Müller & Hellmich 1932 (Squamata, Liolaemidae): Revisión de las localidades de Liolaemus nigroviridis. Boletín Museo Nacional de Historia Natural 72(2): 1–12. - get paper here
  • Moya, F.; J. Mella-Romero, J.A. Simonetti 2024. Do we have the necessary insights to classify species according to their conservation status? A case study in the world’s southernmost lizard genus. Journal for Nature Conservation (2024), - get paper here
  • Müller, Lorenz & Hellmich, Walter 1932. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Herpetofauna Chiles. II. Neue Liolaemus - Arten und Rassen aus den Hochanden Chiles. Zool. Anz. 97 (11/12): 307-329
  • Núñez,H. & Jaksíc,F. 1992. Lista comentada de los reptiles terrestres de Chile continental. Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Chile 43: 63-91
  • Núñez,H.; Schulte, J.A. & Garín, C. 2001. Liolaemus josephorum, nueva especie de lagartija para el Norte de Chile. Bol. Mus. Nac.Hist. Nat. 50: 91-107
  • Panzera A, Leaché AD, D’Elía G, Victoriano PF. 2017. Phylogenomic analysis of the Chilean clade of Liolaemus lizards (Squamata: Liolaemidae) based on sequence capture data. PeerJ 5:e3941 - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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
  • Troncoso-Palacios J, Elorza AA, Puas GI, Alfaro-Pardo E 2016. A new species of Liolaemus related to L. nigroviridis from the Andean highlands of Central Chile (Iguania, Liolaemidae). ZooKeys 555: 91-114, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.555.6011 - get paper here
  • Troncoso-Palacios, J. 2013. REVISIÓN DEL ESTATUS TAXONÓMICO DE LIOLAEMUS DONOSOI ORTIZ, 1975 (IGUANIA: LIOLAEMIDAE). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 62: 119-127
  • Troncoso-Palacios, J.; Contreras, F. 2023. A new species of the Liolaemus nigroviridis group from the Andes of Central Chile (Iguania: Liolaemidae)”. Acta zoológica lilloana 67 (1): 233-259
  • Victoriano, Pedro F. 2020. Phylogeography of Chilean Lizards: Histories of Genetic Diversification on the Western Slope of Southern Andes. In: Morando & Avila (eds.), Lizards of Patagonia. Springer Nature, pp. 255-292 - get paper here
  • 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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