The missing leopard lizard: Liolaemus ubaghsi sp. nov., a new species of the leopardinus clade (Reptilia: Squamata: Liolaemidae) from the Andes of the O'Higgins Region in Chile

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dc.contributor.authorEsquerre Gheur, Damien
dc.contributor.authorTroncoso-Palacios, Jaime
dc.contributor.authorGarin, Carlos F.
dc.contributor.authorNunez, Herman
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:20:26Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2015-12-10T10:23:56Z
dc.description.abstractLiolaemus is an extremely species rich genus of iguanid lizards from southern South America. Most of the diversity though is found in the Andes Cordillera, between Argentina and Chile. Here we describe Liolaemus ubaghsi sp. nov., from El Teniente Mine, in the Andean mountains of the O'Higgins Region in Chile. This species presents scalation and pattern traits that belong to the leopardinus clade, a group of viviparous, high altitude lizards that inhabit the mountain ranges surrounding Santiago City. The species of this clade in turn belong to the Andean and Patagonian elongatus-kriegi com-plex. Liolaemus ubaghsi sp. nov. has been previously recognized as L. leopardinus and L. elongatus, nevertheless we pres-ent diagnostic traits that allow us to describe it as a new species. It mainly differs from the rest of the leopardinus clade (L. leopardinus, L. ramonensis, L. valdesianus and L. frassinettii) by having the following unique combination of traits: ochre background coloration, a wide dark occipital stripe, dark flanks, white dots dispersed on the dorsum, absence of leopard-like spots and enlarged infralabial scales.
dc.identifier.issn1175-5326
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/66330
dc.publisherMagnolia Press
dc.sourceZootaxa
dc.titleThe missing leopard lizard: Liolaemus ubaghsi sp. nov., a new species of the leopardinus clade (Reptilia: Squamata: Liolaemidae) from the Andes of the O'Higgins Region in Chile
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage525
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage507
local.contributor.affiliationEsquerre Gheur, Damien, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationTroncoso-Palacios, Jaime, Universidad de Chile
local.contributor.affiliationGarin, Carlos F., Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
local.contributor.affiliationNunez, Herman, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
local.contributor.authoremailu5232968@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidEsquerre Gheur, Damien, u5232968
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor060301 - Animal Systematics and Taxonomy
local.identifier.absseo970106 - Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9511635xPUB1264
local.identifier.citationvolume3815
local.identifier.doi10.11646/zootaxa.3815.4.3
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84902593778
local.identifier.thomsonID000337225200003
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu9511635
local.type.statusPublished Version

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