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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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Esquerré, Damien, Troncoso-Palacios, Jaime, Garín, Carlos F., Núnez, Herman (2014): 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. Zootaxa 3815 (4): 507-525, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3815.4.3

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