Phymaturus rahuensis GONZÁLEZ-MARÍN, FULVIO-PÉREZ, MINOLI, MORANDO & AVILA, 2016

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Higher Taxa	Liolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
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Synonym	Phymaturus rahuensis GONZÁLEZ-MARÍN, FULVIO-PÉREZ, MINOLI, MORANDO & AVILA 2016 Phymaturus sp. 16 — MORANDO et al. 2013 Phymaturus rahuensis — LOBO et al. 2021
Distribution	Argentina (Neuquén) Type locality: rocky hills of Provincial Road 46, 25 km E Rahue, 6 km junction Provincial Road 24, Bajada de Rahue, La Jardinera stream (39°23’15.5”S, 70°43’57.1”W, 1127 m elevation, datum = WGS 84), Catán Lil department, Neuquén province, Argentina.
Reproduction	probably ovovivparous.
Types	Holotype: CENPAT (originally LJAMM-CNP 16126), adult male collected by A. González Marín, L.J. Avila and C.H.F. Pérez. Paratypes: LJAMM-CNP 16117-16120, 16123, 16127 (adult males) and LJAMM-CNP 16121-16122, 16124- 16125, 16128-16129 (adult female), same data as holotype. LJAMM-CNP 5378 (adult male) and 5379 (adult female) collected on rocky cliffs on Provincial Road 46, 25 km E Rahue, 6 km junction Provincial Road 24, Bajada de Rahue, La Jardinera stream (39o23’15.5”S, 70o43’57.1”W, 1127 m, datum = WGS 84), Catán Lil department, Neuquén province, Argentina, L.J. Avila, C.H.F. Pérez, K. Dittmar, M. Morando & J.W. Sites, Jr. collectors.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: See GONZÁLEZ-MARÍN et al. 2016: 420. Additional details (2061 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Sympatry: Liolaemus elongatus and L. kriegi Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	The specific name, “rahuensis”, refers to the region where the species was collected "Bajada del Rahue". The Rahue toponym in Mapudungun means "place where there is gray clay".
References	GONZÁLEZ-MARÍN, ANDREA; CRISTIAN hERNÁN FULVIO PÉREZ, IGNACIO MINOLI, Mariana Morando, Luciano Javier Avila 2016. A new lizard species of the Phymaturus patagonicus group (Squamata: Liolaemini) from northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina. Zootaxa 4121 (4): 412–430 - get paper here Lobo, F., Barrasso, D. A., Hibbard, T., Quipildor, M., Slodki, D., Valdecantos, S., & Basso, N. G. 2021. Morphological and genetic divergence within the Phymaturus payuniae clade (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with the description of two new species. South American Journal of Herpetology 20 (1): 42-66 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - 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
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CD5E63FC-E0FA-41B4-A2EB… Google images

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