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<mods:titleid="5EE179F796868A602C43A6FAA0A065CB">A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania)</mods:title>
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBE61166DB9EC1DFD4E8E45"author="Laurent"box="[469,641,1794,1820]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="14"pageNumber="15"pagination="15 - 18"refId="ref63709"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1983) Contribucion al conocimiento de la estructura taxonomica del genero Liolaemus Wiegmann (Iguanidae). Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Argentina, 1, 15 - 18."type="journal article"year="1983">Laurent (1983</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBE61166EFCEC1DFD148E45"author="Laurent"box="[656,731,1794,1820]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="14"pageNumber="15"pagination="1 - 37"refId="ref63891"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1985 b) Segunda contribucion al conocimiento de la estructura taxonomica del genero Liolaemus Wiegmann (Iguanidae). Cuadernos de Herpetologia, 1, 1 - 37."type="journal article"year="1985"yearSuffix="b">1985b</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBE61166E86EC1DFCE98E45"author="Laurent"box="[746,806,1794,1820]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="14"pageNumber="15"pagination="1 - 33"refId="ref64066"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1992) On some overlooked species of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann (Reptilia-Tropiduridae) from Peru. Breviora, 494, 1 - 33."type="journal article"year="1992">1992</bibRefCitation>
) was the first author that formulated an explicit and powerful hypothesis on the phylogenetic relationships of higher groups among
lizards. After performing a series of statistical analyses on previously overlooked and underestimated morphological traits, he found that these lizards can be separated into two major groups, one mainly Andean-occidental and one Andean-oriental. Morphologically, the occidental group, called by
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBE61166FD5ECBDFBBB8EE5"author="Laurent"box="[953,1140,1954,1980]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="14"pageNumber="15"pagination="1 - 37"refId="ref63891"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1985 b) Segunda contribucion al conocimiento de la estructura taxonomica del genero Liolaemus Wiegmann (Iguanidae). Cuadernos de Herpetologia, 1, 1 - 37."type="journal article"year="1985"yearSuffix="b">Laurent (1985b</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBE611668EFECBDFB708EE5"author="Laurent"box="[1155,1215,1954,1980]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="14"pageNumber="15"pagination="1 - 33"refId="ref64066"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1992) On some overlooked species of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann (Reptilia-Tropiduridae) from Peru. Breviora, 494, 1 - 33."type="journal article"year="1992">1992</bibRefCitation>
) “Chilean group”, includes species characterized by narrow supralabial scales, usually four or fewer, the last one elongated and upturned in its posterior margin, and with a low number of precloacal glands (= preanal pores), usually four or fewer (see
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF61176D4DEBDFFE118983"author="Etheridge"box="[289,478,192,218]"firstAuthor="Etheridge"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="1 - 34"refId="ref59230"refString="Etheridge, R. (1995) Redescription of Ctenoblepharys adspersa Tschudi, 1845, and the taxonomy of Liolaeminae (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates, 3142, 1 - 34."type="journal article"year="1995">Etheridge 1995</bibRefCitation>
). This group of taxa was placed by
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF61176FCAEBDFFBAB8983"author="Laurent"box="[934,1124,192,218]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="1 - 37"refId="ref63891"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1985 b) Segunda contribucion al conocimiento de la estructura taxonomica del genero Liolaemus Wiegmann (Iguanidae). Cuadernos de Herpetologia, 1, 1 - 37."type="journal article"year="1985"yearSuffix="b">Laurent (1985b</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF61176818EBDFFB7F8983"author="Laurent"box="[1140,1200,192,218]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="1 - 33"refId="ref64066"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1992) On some overlooked species of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann (Reptilia-Tropiduridae) from Peru. Breviora, 494, 1 - 33."type="journal article"year="1992">1992</bibRefCitation>
). Species belonging to the oriental group, called “Argentinean group”, exhibit short supralabial scales, usually five or more, the last one is not upturned posteriorly, a high number of precloacal glands, usually five or more (up to 12), the puboischiotibialis muscle (flexor tibialis internus
2006) hypertrophied, and a conspicuous sharp, blade-like process on the tibia (see
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF611768C8EA7FFA918823"author="Etheridge"box="[1188,1374,352,378]"firstAuthor="Etheridge"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="1 - 34"refId="ref59230"refString="Etheridge, R. (1995) Redescription of Ctenoblepharys adspersa Tschudi, 1845, and the taxonomy of Liolaeminae (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates, 3142, 1 - 34."type="journal article"year="1995">Etheridge 1995</bibRefCitation>
; also
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF61176CFBEA97FEA488FB"author="Nunez"box="[151,363,392,418]"etAl="et al."firstAuthor="Nunez"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="117 - 130"refId="ref67764"refString="Nunez, H., Navarro, J. & Veloso, A. (2000) Liolaemus foxi, una nueva especie de lagarto para el norte de Chile (Squamata: Reptilia: Sauria). Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile, 49, 117 - 130."type="journal article"year="2000">
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF611768A4EA97FAA588FB"author="Laurent"box="[1224,1386,392,418]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="1 - 33"refId="ref64066"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1992) On some overlooked species of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann (Reptilia-Tropiduridae) from Peru. Breviora, 494, 1 - 33."type="journal article"year="1992">Laurent 1992</bibRefCitation>
; see also
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF61176CA3EAAFFE478893"author="Etheridge"box="[207,392,432,458]"firstAuthor="Etheridge"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="1 - 34"refId="ref59230"refString="Etheridge, R. (1995) Redescription of Ctenoblepharys adspersa Tschudi, 1845, and the taxonomy of Liolaeminae (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates, 3142, 1 - 34."type="journal article"year="1995">Etheridge 1995</bibRefCitation>
). More recently, additional morphological evidence led
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF6117684DEAAFFB258893"author="Etheridge"box="[1057,1258,432,458]"firstAuthor="Etheridge"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="1 - 34"refId="ref59230"refString="Etheridge, R. (1995) Redescription of Ctenoblepharys adspersa Tschudi, 1845, and the taxonomy of Liolaeminae (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates, 3142, 1 - 34."type="journal article"year="1995">Etheridge (1995)</bibRefCitation>
to support this classification model, who also recognized that a series of species grouped into the
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF61176D80E937FD958B1B"author="Cei"box="[492,602,552,578]"firstAuthor="Cei"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"refId="ref54875"refString="Cei, J. M. (1993) Reptiles del noroeste, nordeste y este de la Argentina. Herpetofauna de las selvas subtropicales, Puna y Pampas. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Monografie 14, 949 pp."type="book"year="1993">Cei 1993</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF61176E0AE937FCD38B1B"author="Etheridge"box="[614,796,552,578]"firstAuthor="Etheridge"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="1 - 34"refId="ref59230"refString="Etheridge, R. (1995) Redescription of Ctenoblepharys adspersa Tschudi, 1845, and the taxonomy of Liolaeminae (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates, 3142, 1 - 34."type="journal article"year="1995">Etheridge 1995</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF61176F44E937FCA98B1B"author="Etheridge, R."box="[808,870,552,578]"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="293 - 352"refId="ref59302"refString="Etheridge, R. (2000) A review of lizards of the Liolaemus wiegmannii group (Squamata, Iguania, Tropiduridae), and a history of morphological change in the sand-dwelling species. Herpetological Monographs, 14, 293 - 352."type="journal article"year="2000">2000</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF61176F1EE937FB858B1B"author="Halloy"box="[882,1098,552,578]"etAl="et al."firstAuthor="Halloy"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="1 - 37"refId="ref61046"refString="Halloy, M., Etheridge, R. & Burghardt, G. M. (1998) To bury in the sand: phylogenetic relationships among lizard species of the boulengeri group, Liolaemus (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae), based on behavioral characters. Herpetological Monographs, 12, 1 - 37."type="journal article"year="1998">
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF6117683AE937FF1A8B33"author="Pincheira-Donoso & Nunez"firstAuthor="Pincheira-Donoso"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"refId="ref69923"refString="Pincheira-Donoso, D. & Nunez, H. (2005) Las especies chilenas del genero Liolaemus (Iguania, Tropiduridae, Liolaeminae). Taxonomia, sistematica y evolucion, Publicacion Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile, Santiago, 486 pp."type="book"year="2005">Pincheira-Donoso & Núñez 2005</bibRefCitation>
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, for details). Remarkably, these groups of species have remained largely accepted, and more importantly, have recently been supported by phylogenetic hypotheses constructed on both morphological and molecular evidence (
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF61176E72E9BFFD198BE3"author="Etheridge, R."box="[542,726,672,698]"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="293 - 352"refId="ref59302"refString="Etheridge, R. (2000) A review of lizards of the Liolaemus wiegmannii group (Squamata, Iguania, Tropiduridae), and a history of morphological change in the sand-dwelling species. Herpetological Monographs, 14, 293 - 352."type="journal article"year="2000">Etheridge 2000</bibRefCitation>
;
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<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFBF61176CFBE9D7FEFD8BBB"author="Abdala"box="[151,306,712,738]"firstAuthor="Abdala"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="1 - 84"refId="ref50199"refString="Abdala, C. S. (2007) Phylogeny of the boulengeri group (Iguania: Liolaemidae, Liolaemus) based on morphological and molecular characters. Zootaxa, 1538, 1 - 84."type="journal article"year="2007">Abdala 2007</bibRefCitation>
Phylogenetic relationships between the major clades forming the family
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. The phylogenetic structure of the tree is primarily based on
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),
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<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFA061086D0FEB87FDC389EB"author="Laurent"box="[355,524,152,178]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"pagination="15 - 18"refId="ref63709"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1983) Contribucion al conocimiento de la estructura taxonomica del genero Liolaemus Wiegmann (Iguanidae). Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Argentina, 1, 15 - 18."type="journal article"year="1983">Laurent (1983</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFA061086E74EB87FDAC89EB"author="Laurent"box="[536,611,152,178]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"pagination="1 - 37"refId="ref63891"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1985 b) Segunda contribucion al conocimiento de la estructura taxonomica del genero Liolaemus Wiegmann (Iguanidae). Cuadernos de Herpetologia, 1, 1 - 37."type="journal article"year="1985"yearSuffix="b">1985b</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFA061086E1CEB87FD6389EB"author="Laurent"box="[624,684,152,178]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"pagination="1 - 33"refId="ref64066"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1992) On some overlooked species of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann (Reptilia-Tropiduridae) from Peru. Breviora, 494, 1 - 33."type="journal article"year="1992">1992</bibRefCitation>
) and
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFA061086E81EB87FC7B89EB"author="Etheridge"box="[749,948,152,178]"firstAuthor="Etheridge"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"pagination="1 - 34"refId="ref59230"refString="Etheridge, R. (1995) Redescription of Ctenoblepharys adspersa Tschudi, 1845, and the taxonomy of Liolaeminae (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates, 3142, 1 - 34."type="journal article"year="1995">Etheridge (1995)</bibRefCitation>
reported pioneer evidence to hypothesize relationships among higher-level groups within
, the first explicit phylogenetic study focusing on the relationships among species within these clades was only recently published (
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFA06108683EEBF7FAFC885B"author="Schulte"box="[1106,1331,232,258]"etAl="et al."firstAuthor="Schulte"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"pagination="75 - 102"refId="ref71803"refString="Schulte II, J. A., Macey, J. R., Espinoza, R. E. & Larson, A. (2000) Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 69, 75 - 102."type="journal article"year="2000">
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFA061086CFBEA0FFEB48873"author="Schulte"box="[151,379,272,298]"etAl="et al."firstAuthor="Schulte"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"pagination="367 - 376"refId="ref71868"refString="Schulte II, J. A., Macey, J. R., Larson, A. & Papenfuss, T. J. (1998) Molecular tests of phylogenetic taxonomies: a general procedure and example using four subfamilies of the lizard family Iguanidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 10, 367 - 376."type="journal article"year="1998">
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<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFA061086DF3EAAFFD438893"author="Scolaro & Cei"box="[415,652,432,458]"firstAuthor="Scolaro"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"pagination="369 - 406"refId="ref72255"refString="Scolaro, J. A. & Cei, J. M. (1997) Systematic status and relationships of Liolaemus species of the archeforus and kingii groups: a morphological and taxonumerical approach (Reptilia: Tropiduridae). Bolletino Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, 15, 369 - 406."type="journal article"year="1997">Scolaro & Cei 1997</bibRefCitation>
)
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may represent primitive Patagonian states in the evolutionary history of this genus (
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFA061086D1DEAC7FDED88AB"author="Laurent"box="[369,546,472,498]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"pagination="1 - 37"refId="ref63891"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1985 b) Segunda contribucion al conocimiento de la estructura taxonomica del genero Liolaemus Wiegmann (Iguanidae). Cuadernos de Herpetologia, 1, 1 - 37."type="journal article"year="1985"yearSuffix="b">Laurent 1985b</bibRefCitation>
; see also
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFA061086EFDEAC7FD3088AB"author="Cei"box="[657,767,472,498]"firstAuthor="Cei"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"refId="ref54786"refString="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."type="book"year="1986">Cei 1986</bibRefCitation>
). According to
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFA061086FD8EAC7FBB988AB"author="Laurent"box="[948,1142,472,498]"firstAuthor="Laurent"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"pagination="1 - 37"refId="ref63891"refString="Laurent, R. F. (1985 b) Segunda contribucion al conocimiento de la estructura taxonomica del genero Liolaemus Wiegmann (Iguanidae). Cuadernos de Herpetologia, 1, 1 - 37."type="journal article"year="1985"yearSuffix="b">Laurent (1985b)</bibRefCitation>
, morphological peculiarities observed in these austral species would be indicative of their ancestral position within
<bibRefCitationid="D8273683FFA061086CBCE937FE458B1B"author="Etheridge"box="[208,394,552,578]"firstAuthor="Etheridge"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"pagination="1 - 34"refId="ref59230"refString="Etheridge, R. (1995) Redescription of Ctenoblepharys adspersa Tschudi, 1845, and the taxonomy of Liolaeminae (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates, 3142, 1 - 34."type="journal article"year="1995">Etheridge 1995</bibRefCitation>
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). Later phylogenetic studies have provided, in general, similar results in relation to the relationships among subgenera, among clades within subgenera (
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taxa published over the last few years, many aspects of the phylogeny of this lineage remain still controversial. For example, the position in the phylogenetic structure of the genus
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