Liolaemus neuquensis Muller & Hellmich 1939
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Liolaemus neuquensis Müller & Hellmich
Liolaemus altissimus neuquensis Müller & Hellmich 1939a: 113 (type locality: Copahue Volcano, near Baños de Copahue, 1800 m, Neuquén Province, Argentina); Donoso-Barros 1970a: 180; Cei 1986: 247.
Liolaemus bellii neuquensis Vanzolini 1986: 13; Laurent 1992: 31; Etheridge 1995: 33.
Liolaemus neuquensis Videla & Cei 1996: 511, 1998: 63; Etheridge & Espinoza 2000: 7; Cei & Videla 2003a: 278; Chebez et al. 2005: 33; Sura 2005: 429; Díaz & Lobo 2006: 264; Scolaro 2006: 44; Pincheira-Donoso & Scolaro 2007: 57.
Observations: Liolaemus neuquensis remains one of the less known species of the genus Liolaemus. So far, only limited information has been provided in general monographs (e.g. Cei 1986). For example, nothing is known about detailed aspects of its ecology (e.g. Cei 1986). Also, hypotheses focusing on the systematic relationships of this lizard with other boreal patagonian species lacking precloacal glands have just recently been developed (Videla & Cei 1996; Cei & Videla 2002, 2003a). Furthermore, the limited general information available on this lizard has also led to indicate that its variation, and hence its specific boundaries, are poorly documented, and that it might be conspecific to L. coeruleus Cei & Ortiz (Pincheira-Donoso & Scolaro 2007). In a recent study, Pincheira-Donoso & Scolaro (2007) compared a series of phenotypic traits measured in L. coeruleus, L. neuquensis and L. tregenzai. These authors observed that only L. tregenzai differed significantly from the other two species in most of these variables, which, in contrast (including aspects of their colour patterns) do not differ clearly between L. coeruleus and L. neuquensis. Although Pincheira-Donoso & Scolaro (2007) suggested that such trait overlap is not powerful enough to consider that L. coeruleus and L. neuquensis are actually the same species, they claimed that their similar patterns of trait variation may be indicative of potential conspecificity. A detailed study is therefore needed to clarify the status of these taxa.
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- Muller & Hellmich
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- Animalia
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- Chordata
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- Squamata
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- Liolaemidae
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- Liolaemus
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- Liolaemus neuquensis Muller, 1939 sec. Pincheira-Donoso, Scolaro & Sura, 2008
References
- Muller, L. & Hellmich, W. (1939 a) Liolaemus - Arten aus den Westlichen Argentinien. II. Uber eine neue Liolaemus altissimus - Rasse von Volcan Copahue. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 125, 113 - 119.
- Donoso-Barros, R. (1970 a) Liolaemus. In: Peters, J. A. & Donoso-Barros, R. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bulletin United States National Museum, 297, 170 - 195.
- Cei, J. M. (1986) Reptiles del centro, centro-oeste y sur de la Argentina. Herpetofauna de las zonas aridas y semiaridas. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Monografie 4, 528 pp.
- Vanzolini, P. E. (1986) Addenda and corrigenda to the Catalogue of Neotropical Squamata. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service, 70, 1 - 25.
- Laurent, R. F. (1992) On some overlooked species of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann (Reptilia-Tropiduridae) from Peru. Breviora, 494, 1 - 33.
- Etheridge, R. (1995) Redescription of Ctenoblepharys adspersa Tschudi, 1845, and the taxonomy of Liolaeminae (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates, 3142, 1 - 34.
- Videla, F. & Cei, J. M. (1996) A new peculiar Liolaemus species of the " chiliensis " phyletic group from the volcanic Cordilleran landscapes of southern Mendoza Province, Argentina (Iguania, Lacertilia, Reptilia). Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, 14, 505 - 516.
- Videla, F. & Cei, J. M. (1998) Especes de Liolaemus sans pores precloacaux chez les males, le long des Andes meridionales (Reptilia: Squamata: Iguania: Tropiduridae). Revue Francais de Aquariologie, 25, 63 - 68.
- Etheridge, R & Espinoza, R. E. (2000) Taxonomy of the Liolaeminae (Squamata: Iguania: Tropiduridae) and a semiannotated bibliography. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service, 126, 1 - 64.
- Cei, J. M. & Videla, F. (2003 a) A new species of Liolaemus lacking precloacal pores in males from the Andean southeastern mountains of Mendoza Province, Argentina (Liolaemidae, Iguania, Lacertilia, Reptilia). Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, 20, 275 - 290.
- Chebez, J. C., Rey, N. R. & Williams, J. D. (2005) Reptiles de los parques nacionales de la Argentina. Literatura of Latin America, Buenos Aires, 37 pp.
- Sura, P. 2005. Encyclopedia of extant amphibians and reptiles, Wydawnictwo Fundacja, Nowy Sacz, 544 pp.
- Diaz, J. M. & Lobo, F. (2006) Historical biogeography of a clade of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) based on ancestral areas and dispersal-vicariance analysis (DIVA). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 46, 261 - 274.
- Scolaro, J. A. (2006) Reptiles patagonicos: Norte. Una guia de campo, Ediciones Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Comodoro Rivadavia, 112 p.
- Scolaro, J. A. & Ibarguengoytia, N. R. (2007) A new species of Phymaturus from rocky outcrops in the central steppe of Rio Negro province, Patagonia Argentina (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa, 1524, 47 - 55.
- Cei, J. M. & Videla, F. (2002) Singulares hallazgos evolutivos y taxonomicos en generos de iguanidos relevantes de la herpetofauna andina y de zonas limitrofes. Multequina, Latin American Journal of Natural Resources, 11, 65 - 73.