Two New Species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from the Puna of Northwestern Argentina

Cristian Simón Abdala; Andrés Sebastián Quinteros; Robert E. Espinoza

doi:10.1655/08-022R1.1

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Cristian Simón Abdala,¹ Andrés Sebastián Quinteros,² Robert E. Espinoza^3,*

¹1Instituto de Herpetología, Fundación Miguel Lillo, CONICET and Cátedra de la REHM, Facultad de Cien
²2Cátedra de Anatomía Comparada and IBIGEO-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacio
³3Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA

^*Correspondence: e-mail, robert.e.espinoza@csun.edu

Abstract

We describe two new species of Liolaemus belonging to the montanus series. The new species are closely related to L. dorbignyi, but are disjunctly distributed with respect to this taxon. Both new species exhibit unique color patterns, which, along with differences in squamation, differentiate the two new taxa from the other species in the series. Both new species are saxicolous and inhabit rocky hills in the Puna regions of northwestern Argentina. One occurs in the Cerro de la Virgen, Nevados de Cachi and Nevados de Palermo of Salta Province. The other is known only from its type locality in the Cerro El Pichao of Tucumán Province.

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Cristian Simón Abdala, Andrés Sebastián Quinteros, and Robert E. Espinoza "Two New Species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from the Puna of Northwestern Argentina," Herpetologica 64(4), 458-471, (1 December 2008). https://doi.org/10.1655/08-022R1.1

Accepted: 1 November 2008; Published: 1 December 2008

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