We describe two new species of lizards of the genus Liolaemus belonging to the chiliensis group, one found in southwestern Catamarca, and the other in central western Argentina, in Mendoza, San Juan and Catamarca provinces. The species from southwestern Catamarca has morphological characteristics that may relate it to the species of the capillitas group, a northern clade of the elongatus group, whereas the other species has characters that relate it to the southern clade of the elongatus group. Both species exhibit diagnoistic character states in their maximum snout-vent length, squamation, and dorsal and ventral colors, which differentiate them from the other species of the chiliensis group.
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1 August 2008
Two New Species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) of Central West Argentina
Andrés Sebastián Quinteros,
Cristian Simón Abdala,
Juan Manuel Díaz Gómez,
Gustavo José Scrocchi
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South American Journal of Herpetology
Vol. 3 • No. 2
August 2008
Vol. 3 • No. 2
August 2008
Argentina
capillitas group
elongatus group
Iguanidae
Liolaemus