A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania)
Author
Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel
Author
Scolaro, J. Alejandro
Author
Sura, Piotr
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Zootaxa
2008
2008-06-16
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10.5281/zenodo.6789337
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Liolaemus multicolor
Koslowsky
Liolaemus signifer
var.
multicolor
Koslowsky 1898: 182
(
type
locality: “
Jujuy Province
”. Restricted to Valle de Guayatayoc,
Argentina
,
Laurent 1982b
).
Liolaemus ornatus
Donoso-Barros 1970a: 191
.
Liolaemus multicolor
Laurent 1982b: 91
,
1992: 31
;
Vanzolini 1986: 15
;
Etheridge 1995: 34
;
Etheridge & Espinoza 2000: 7
;
Núñez & Veloso 2001: 111
;
Chebez
et al.
2005: 33
;
Sura 2005: 429
;
Díaz 2007: 116
.
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) multicolor
Pincheira-Donoso 2005: 135
;
Pincheira-Donoso & Núñez 2005: 161
.
Observations:
Núñez & Veloso (2001)
provided the first record of
L. multicolor
from Chilean territory (Salar de Aguas Calientes,
4200 m
, El Loa Province,
Antofagasta Region
). In later studies,
Pincheira-Donoso (2005)
and
Pincheira-Donoso & Núñez (2005)
cited the species for the northeastern high Andes of this country, following
Núñez & Veloso (2001)
. Nevertheless, a recent reassessments of the only specimen studied by
Núñez & Veloso (2001)
suggests that it might be a subadult of
L. andinus
. In addition, field observations conducted in the populations recognized as
L. multicolor
by
Pincheira-Donoso (2005)
appear to support the idea that further analyses are needed to proof the existence of this species in
Chile
. Since available information as well as lizard samples are still limited, definitive conclusions are not possible at this time. Yet, the problem deserves to be reevaluated.