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Phymaturus calcogaster SCOLARO & CEI, 2003

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPhymaturus calcogaster SCOLARO & CEI 2003
Phymaturus calcogaster — LOBO et al. 2010 
DistributionArgentina (Chubut)

Type locality:”hallado en zona precordillera, a más de 1400 m [elevation], 17 km al N de Esquel, entre Esquel y Leleque, Chubut (42° 52’ S, 71° 10’ W), en ambientes rocosos, sedimentos de erosión post-glacial.” Corrected to “Laguna de la Vaca o de Las Vacas (42°28’45”S; 67°21’54”W; 680 m elevation), provincia del Chubut” by Scolaro et al. 2005.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: MACN 38609 
Diagnosis 
CommentDiet: herbivorous

This species belongs to the patagonicus group (fide LOBO et al. 2010) or the calcogaster group (MORANDO et al. 2013).

Distribution: for a map of the calcogaster group see MORANDO et al. 2013. 
EtymologyNamed after the coloration in this species. Contrasting with the black back is the lively "copper" tint of the belly, Greek "calcós" (rame) and "gaster" (abdomen). 
References
  • AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; CRISTIAN HERNAN FULVIO PEREZ, DANIEL ROBERTO PEREZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2011. Two new mountain lizard species of the Phymaturus genus (Squamata: Iguania) from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 2924: 1–21 - get paper here
  • Avila, Luciano Javier; Cristian Hernan Fulvio Perez, IGNACIO MINOLI & Mariana Morando 2014. A new lizard of the Phymaturus genus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from Sierra Grande, northeastern Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 3793 (1): 099–118 - 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
  • Halloy, Monique; Robles, Cecilia; Salica, María José; Semhan, Romina; Juárez Heredia, Viviana; Vicente, Natalin 2013. Aportes en el estudio del comportamiento y ecología de lagartijas de los géneros Liolaemus y Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemini). Cuadernos de Herpetología 27 (1): - get paper here
  • Lobo, Fernando; Cristian Abdala and Soledad Valdecantos 2010. Taxonomic Studies of the Genus Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae): Description of Four New Species. South American J. Herp. 5 (2):102-126 - get paper here
  • LOBO, FERNANDO; CRISTIAN ABDALA & SOLEDAD VALDECANTOS 2012. Morphological diversity and phylogenetic relationships within a South-American clade of iguanian lizards (Liolaemidae: Phymaturus). Zootaxa 3315: 1–41 - get paper here
  • Lobo, Fernando; Diego A. Barrasso, Marcos Paz and Néstor G. Basso 2018. Phylogenetic relationships within a patagonian clade of reptiles (Liolaemidae: Phymaturus) based on DNA sequences and morphology. J Zool Syst, DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12221 - get paper here
  • Minoli I, Morando M, Avila LJ 2015. Reptiles of Chubut province, Argentina: richness, diversity, conservation status and geographic distribution maps. ZooKeys 498: 103-126. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.498.7476 - get paper here
  • Morando, Mariana; Luciano J. Avila, Cristian H.F. Perez, Monty A. Hawkins, Jack W. Sites 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the lizard genus Phymaturus (Squamata, Liolaemini): Implications for species diversity and historical biogeography of southern South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66 (3): 694-714 - get paper here
  • SCOLARO, J. ALEJANDRO; MANUEL JARA, DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO 2013. The sexual signals of speciation? A new sexually dimorphic Phymaturus species of the patagonicus clade from Patagonia Argentina. Zootaxa 3722 (3): 317–332 - get paper here
  • Scolaro, J.A. & Cei, J.M. 2003. Una excepcional nueva especie de Phymaturus de la Precordillera de Chubut, Argentina (Liolaemidae, Iguania, Lacertilia, Reptilia). Facena 19: 107-112 - get paper here
  • Scolaro, J.A. & Pincheira-Donoso, D. 2010. Lizards at the end of the world: Two new species of Phymaturus of the patagonicus clade (Squamata, Liolaemidae) revealed in southern Patagonia of Argentina. Zootaxa 2393: 17–32 - get paper here
  • Scolaro, J.A.; F.O. Tapari & C. González 2005. Phymaturus calcogaster: RECTIFICACIÓN DE LA LOCALIDAD TIPO Y DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA HEMBRA (REPTILIA, IGUANIA, LIOLAEMIDAE). Facena 21: 29-36 - get paper here
  • Scolaro, José Alejandro; Valeria Corbalán, Osvaldo Fabián Tappari and Lorena Obregón Streitenberger 2016. LIZARDS AT THE END OF THE WORLD: A NEW MELANIC SPECIES OF PHYMATURUS OF THE PATAGONICUS CLADE FROM ROCKY OUTCROPS IN THE NORTHWESTERN STEPPE OF CHUBUT PROVINCE, PATAGONIA ARGENTINA (REPTILIA: IGUANIA: LIOLAEMIDAE). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 65: 137-152
  • Streitenberger, Lorena Obregón; María Rosa Klagges, Juan Francisco Escobar y José Alejandro Scolaro, 2018. ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO DE LAS ESPECIES DE LAGARTOS DE LAS ROCAS DEL NORESTE DEL CHUBUT. Naturalia Patagónica 11: 15-31
 
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