Higher Taxa | Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Liolaemus robustus LAURENT 1992: 8 Liolaemus robustus — AGUILAR-PUNTRIANO et al. 2019 |
Distribution | Peru
Type locality: “Junin, Dep.to. Junin”
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Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Holotype: FMNH 34242/H, male; paratypes: FMNH, UMMZ, MCZ |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n = 15). A species of the Liolaemus signifer group, differing from L. signifer by the lower number of scales around the body (47-61, instead of 66-82), the frontal azygous, generally divided in two parts, anterior and posterior, instead of divided into many scales (at least 3, generally 5-8, and even more), by a narrower frontal zone, bigger head, more robust general proportions, and by its characteristic color pattern with black spots or dots. (Laurent 1992) |
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Etymology | Named after Latin robustus = hard, firm, solid, strong, hardy, lusty, robust, referring to its “more robust general proportions”. |
References |
- Aguilar, Cesar; Perry L. Wood Jr, Mark C. Belk, Mike H. Duff and Jack W. Sites Jr 2016. Different roads lead to Rome: Integrative taxonomic approaches lead to the discovery of two new lizard lineages in the Liolaemus montanus group (Squamata: Liolaemidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, DOI: 10.1111/bij.12890 - get paper here
- Aguilar-Puntriano, César, César Ramírez , Ernesto Castillo, Alejandro Mendoza, Victor J. Vargas and Jack W. Sites, Jr. 2019. Three New Lizard Species of the Liolaemus montanus Group from Perú. Diversity 11(9): 161 - get paper here
- Chaparro JC, Quiroz AJ, Mamani L, Gutiérrez RC, Condori P, De la Riva I, Herrera-Juárez G, Cerdeña J, Arapa LP, Abdala CS. 2020. An endemic new species of Andean lizard of the genus Liolaemus from southern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and its phylogenetic position. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(2) [General Section]: 47–63 (e238)
- Gutierrez, Roberto; Chaparro, Juan Carlos; Vásquez, Meylin Y.; Quiroz, Aarón Josue; Aguilar Kirigin, Álvaro; Abdala, Cristian Simon 2018. Descripción y relaciones filogenéticas de una nueva especie de Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) y notas sobre el grupo de L. montanus de Perú. Cuad. herpetol. 32 (2): 81-99 - get paper here
- Laurent R F 1992. On some overlooked species of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann (Reptilia Tropiduridae) from Peru. Breviora (494): 1-33 - get paper here
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