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(
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7DE8FEC5FF3AE86E" bold="true" box="[151,202,259,280]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">1971</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7DA9FEC4FE13E86E" box="[214,483,258,280]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Liolaemus lineomaculatus</emphasis>
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,
<author id="53F3DE66E72DFFBC7C92FEC5FD5CE86E" box="[493,684,259,280]" fns="I" npo="LF" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Donoso-Barros, R.</author>
and
<author id="53F3DE66E72DFFBC7FA2FEC4FCCCE86E" box="[733,828,258,280]" fns="I" npo="LF" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Cei, J.M.</author>
,
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, 5, 8995.
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7DE8FEE7FF3AE840" bold="true" box="[151,202,289,310]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">1975</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7DA9FEE7FE17E841" box="[214,487,289,311]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Liolaemus lineomaculatus,</emphasis>
Cei, J.M.,
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F28FEE7FD19E841" box="[599,745,289,311]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Herpetologica</emphasis>
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,
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,
<pagination id="B287C877E72DFFBC7E63FEE7FCB2E841" box="[796,834,289,311]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="pagination">109</pagination>
116.
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<bibRef id="52EEA275E72DFFBC7DE8FE86FC0CE802" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="journal article">
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7DE8FE86FF20E823" bold="true" box="[151,208,320,341]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">1982,</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7DA9FE86FE13E820" box="[214,483,320,342]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Liolaemus lineomaculatus</emphasis>
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,
<author id="53F3DE66E72DFFBC7C92FE86FDBAE820" box="[493,586,320,342]" fns="I" npo="LF" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Cei, J.M.</author>
and
<author id="53F3DE66E72DFFBC7F04FE86FCF0E823" box="[635,768,320,342]" fns="I" npo="LF" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Scolaro, J.A.</author>
,
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7E74FE86FC07E820" box="[779,1015,320,342]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Journal of Herpetology</emphasis>
, 16, 354363.
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7DE8FE99FF3AE802" bold="true" box="[151,202,351,372]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">1992</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7DA9FE99FE17E803" box="[214,487,351,373]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Liolaemus lineomaculatus,</emphasis>
Scolaro, J.A.,
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F03FE99FC99E803" box="[636,873,351,373]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Acta zoologica lilloana</emphasis>
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,
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,
<pagination id="B287C877E72DFFBC7EE4FE99FC32E802" box="[923,962,351,372]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="pagination">287</pagination>
293.
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9250, 9253, 9274, adult males,
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9276-9277, 9399, adult females and
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9251, 9252, juveniles; from same locality as
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9243, an adult male from Puesto Lebrun,
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W Estancia La Vizcaina, Lago Buenos Aires Plateau, Lago Buenos Aires department, Santa Cruz province,
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), L.J. Avila, C.H.F. Pérez, M.F. Breitman and N. Feltrin collectors,
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7DBAFD2CFECFEA74" bold="true" box="[197,319,746,771]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C37FD2DFDFBEA75" box="[328,523,747,771]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Liolaemus avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F6BFD2DFD9FEA75" bold="true" box="[532,623,747,771]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, a member of the
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7E39FD2AFBE1EA75" box="[838,1041,747,771]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. lineomaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
section and specifically the
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7824FD2DFEFAEA51" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">lineomaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, has dorsal trifid scales but lacks of precloacal pores in either sex (Etheridge 1995); molecular evidence places this species in the
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F7AFCF5FD40EA3D" box="[517,688,819,843]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">lineomaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, as the sister species to
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC796BFCF2FB2EEA3D" box="[1044,1246,819,843]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. lineomaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Breitman
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC781DFCF2FA65EA3D" box="[1378,1429,819,843]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al</emphasis>
. 2011; see Tables 1 to 4 and
<figureCitation id="13752A06E72DFFBC7CB2FC91FDDEEA19" box="[461,558,855,879]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[151,250,937,960]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,209,931]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,209,933]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Morphological comparison between Liolaemus morandae sp. nov. (A), L. lineomaculatus (B) and L. avilae sp. nov. (C). Notice differences in color pattern on the tails, size of blotches on the limbs and differences in vertebral and paravertebral lines. Dorsal scales (shown on the right) are less mucronated in L. lineomaculatus. Dorsal scales of hindlimbs are less carinated in L. morandae sp. nov. than in the other species, while they are more mucronated in L. avilae sp. nov." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/208136/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Figure 6</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF13683E72DFFBC7DBAFCBDFE54EDC5" blockId="15.[151,1437,417,2031]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
Relative to
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C38FCBAFE28EAE5" box="[327,472,891,915]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. morandae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7CA0FCBDFDC9EAE5" bold="true" box="[479,569,891,915]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7F37FCBAFD5BEAE5" box="[584,683,891,915]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F37FCBAFD5BEAE5" box="[584,683,891,915]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957EAE72DFFBC7FCCFCBDFCFDEAE5" box="[691,781,891,915]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7FCCFCBDFCFDEAE5" bold="true" box="[691,781,891,915]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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has more scales in contact with the interparietal scale (7 10, X = 8,13 vs. 67, X = 6.33;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F67FC66FDD6EAC1" box="[536,550,928,951]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
= 0.0027), fewer supralabial scales (56, X = 5.25 vs. 510, X = 7.17;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC780BFC66FA72EAC1" box="[1396,1410,928,951]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
= 0.0008), fewer midbody scales (5359, X = 55.5 vs. 5563, X = 59.83;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7ECEFC02FC4FEAAD" box="[945,959,964,987]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), more third finger lamellae (15 18, X = 16.25 vs. 1316, X = 15.33;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F4FFC2EFDCEEA89" box="[560,574,1000,1023]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), a longer elbow-wrist distance (4.896.81, X = 5.76 vs. 4.695.56, X = 5.32;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C6CFBCAFED1ED55" box="[275,289,1036,1059]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), and a shorter rostral-nasal distance (1.692.25, X = 1.95 vs. 2.022.42, X = 2.15;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC780BFBCAFA72ED55" box="[1396,1410,1036,1059]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001).
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7D81FBE9FE30ED31" box="[254,448,1071,1095]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Liolaemus avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7CB4FBE9FDD7ED31" bold="true" box="[459,551,1071,1095]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
has fewer dorsal blotches than
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7EE7FBF6FBDAED31" box="[920,1066,1071,1095]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="morandae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7EE7FBF6FBDAED31" box="[920,1066,1071,1095]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. morandae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC794BFBE9FB60ED31" bold="true" box="[1076,1168,1071,1095]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, and the blotches in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC78FAFBF6FEF9ED1D" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="morandae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC78FAFBF6FEF9ED1D" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. morandae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C70FB95FE98ED1D" bold="true" box="[271,360,1107,1131]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
have (50% of cases) brownish coloration, while
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7EF8FB92FC18ED1D" box="[903,1000,1107,1131]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7EF8FB92FC18ED1D" box="[903,1000,1107,1131]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7E91FB95FBB7ED1D" bold="true" box="[1006,1095,1107,1131]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
blotches have dark gray color. Ventral hand and foot surfaces of
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7F6BFBBEFD54EDF9" box="[532,676,1143,1167]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="morandae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F6BFBBEFD54EDF9" box="[532,676,1143,1167]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. morandae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7FD3FBB1FCF6EDF9" bold="true" box="[684,774,1143,1167]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
present mucronated and “bristly” scales that are less obvious in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7D9EFB5AFEB4EDC5" box="[225,324,1179,1203]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7D9EFB5AFEB4EDC5" box="[225,324,1179,1203]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. avilae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C35FB5DFE54EDC5" bold="true" box="[330,420,1179,1203]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF13683E72DFFBC7DBAFB79FBA4EF6D" blockId="15.[151,1437,417,2031]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7DBAFB79FE74EDA1" box="[197,388,1215,1239]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7DBAFB79FE74EDA1" box="[197,388,1215,1239]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Liolaemus avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7CF4FB79FE14EDA1" bold="true" box="[395,484,1215,1239]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7F09FB06FCCFEDA1" box="[630,831,1215,1239]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineomaculatus">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F09FB06FCCFEDA1" box="[630,831,1215,1239]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. lineomaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the following traits: more scales in contact with the interparietal (710, X = 8,13 vs. 610, X = 7.18;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7FBFFB22FD3EED8D" box="[704,718,1252,1275]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
= 0.0027), fewer supralabial scales (56, X = 5.25 vs. 58, X = 6.71;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7DA5FACEFF18EC69" box="[218,232,1288,1311]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
= 0.0008), fewer midbody scales (5359, X = 55.5 vs. 5465, X = 60;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC794BFACEFBB2EC69" box="[1076,1090,1288,1311]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), fewer scales from occiput to rump (5158, X = 53.75 vs. 5268, X = 58.41;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7E5EFAEAFCDFEC35" box="[801,815,1324,1347]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), fewer ventral scales (7291, X = 83 vs. 80 95, X = 85.29;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C3EFA96FEBFEC11" box="[321,335,1360,1383]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), larger eyes (eye height: 22.62, X = 2.2 vs. 1.52.21, X = 1.84, eye length: 2.633.32, X = 3.07 vs. 2.353.3, X = 2.83;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F76FAB2FDE7ECFD" box="[521,535,1396,1419]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;
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both cases), and longer auditory meatus lengths (1.112.1, X = 1.51 vs. 0.871.39, X = 1.15;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7CCEFA5EFE4FECD9" box="[433,447,1432,1455]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001).
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7F3CFA51FCF3ECD9" box="[579,771,1431,1455]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F3CFA51FCF3ECD9" box="[579,771,1431,1455]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Liolaemus avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7E73FA51FC96ECD9" bold="true" box="[780,870,1431,1455]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
has fewer dorsal blotches than
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC79B3FA5EFA6CECD9" box="[1228,1436,1431,1455]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC79B3FA5EFA68ECD9" box="[1228,1432,1431,1455]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineomaculatus">L. lineomaculatus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The vertebral line is less well defined in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7F21FA7AFD31ECA5" box="[606,705,1467,1491]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F21FA7AFD31ECA5" box="[606,705,1467,1491]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957EAE72DFFBC7FB7FA7DFCD1ECA5" box="[712,801,1467,1491]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7FB7FA7DFCD1ECA5" bold="true" box="[712,801,1467,1491]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
than in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7E03FA7AFBB5ECA5" box="[892,1093,1467,1491]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineomaculatus">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7E03FA7AFBB5ECA5" box="[892,1093,1467,1491]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. lineomaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In general, dorsal scales of
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC78FAFA7AFF2BEC81" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC78FAFA7AFF2BEC81" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7D9BFA19FECEEC81" bold="true" box="[228,318,1503,1527]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
are more mucronated than in
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7FE9FA26FBC1EC81" box="[662,1073,1503,1527]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7FE9FA26FC94EC81" box="[662,868,1503,1527]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineomaculatus">L. lineomaculatus</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7E0FFA19FBC1EC81" box="[880,1073,1503,1527]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">Liolaemus avilae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957EAE72DFFBC7946FA19FB64EC81" box="[1081,1172,1503,1527]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7946FA19FB64EC81" bold="true" box="[1081,1172,1503,1527]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
possesses scales in the dorsal surface of the forelimbs that are less carinated than those of
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7EFBF9C2FBBDEF6D" box="[900,1101,1539,1563]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineomaculatus">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7EFBF9C2FBBDEF6D" box="[900,1101,1539,1563]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. lineomaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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Compared with
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C06F9EEFD94EF49" box="[377,612,1575,1599]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7C06F9EEFE07EF49" box="[377,503,1575,1599]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hatcheri">L. hatcheri</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7F7DF9EEFD94EF49" box="[514,612,1575,1599]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">L. avilae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957EAE72DFFBC7F13F9E1FD36EF49" box="[620,710,1575,1599]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F13F9E1FD36EF49" bold="true" box="[620,710,1575,1599]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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has more scales in contact with the interparietal (710, X = 8,13 vs. 510, X = 6.85;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C09F98AFE74EF15" box="[374,388,1612,1635]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
= 0.0027), fewer supralabial scales (56, X = 5.25 vs. 68, X = 6.85;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC79E9F98AFB54EF15" box="[1174,1188,1612,1635]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
= 0.0008), more midbody scales (5359, X = 55.5 vs. 4357, X = 48.65;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F8CF9B6FCF1EFF1" box="[755,769,1648,1671]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), more scales from occiput to rump (5158, X = 53.75 vs. 4355, X = 48.75;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C9CF952FE01EFDD" box="[483,497,1684,1707]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), more ventral scales (7291, X = 83 vs. 6274, X = 67.8;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7870F952FAEDEFDD" box="[1295,1309,1684,1707]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), more third finger lamellae (1518, X = 16.25 vs. 1318, X = 14.85;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7EE7F97EFC56EFB9" box="[920,934,1720,1743]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), more fourth toe lamellae (2023, X = 21.29 vs. 1822, X = 19.45;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F75F91AFDE8EF85" box="[522,536,1756,1779]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), smaller body size (snout-vent length: 4859, X = 55.38 vs. 5569, X = 61.89, axilla-groin distance: 19.429.5, X = 25.5 vs. 19.535.5, X = 28.95;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7966F8C6FBD7EE61" box="[1049,1063,1792,1815]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;
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both cases), shorter forelimbs (elbow-wrist length: 4.896.81, X = 5.76 vs. 5.677.33, X = 6.44, third finger length: 7.279.52, X = 8.02 vs. 8.510.57, X = 9.15;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C8DF88EFDF0EE29" box="[498,512,1864,1887]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;
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both cases), and smaller head width (9.0210.19, X = 9.59 vs. 9.7 13.05, X = 11.22;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C1EF8AAFE9FEEF5" box="[353,367,1900,1923]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001).
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C8FF8ADFD40EEF5" box="[496,688,1899,1923]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Liolaemus avilae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7FC9F8ADFCE0EEF5" bold="true" box="[694,784,1899,1923]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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possesses fewer dorsal blotches and a more defined vertebral line relative to
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7C01F856FE0CEED1" box="[382,508,1935,1959]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hatcheri">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7C01F856FE0CEED1" box="[382,508,1935,1959]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. hatcheri</emphasis>
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. Ventral melanism is more pronounced in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7E91F856FB9CEED1" box="[1006,1132,1935,1959]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hatcheri">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7E91F856FB9CEED1" box="[1006,1132,1935,1959]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. hatcheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC79AFF856FAC5EED1" box="[1232,1333,1935,1959]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC79AFF856FAC5EED1" box="[1232,1333,1935,1959]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957EAE72DFFBC7840F849FA6CEED1" box="[1343,1436,1935,1959]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7840F849FA6CEED1" bold="true" box="[1343,1436,1935,1959]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(fewer melanophores). Dorsal scales of
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC7F20F872FD32EEBD" box="[607,706,1971,1995]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7F20F872FD32EEBD" box="[607,706,1971,1995]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957EAE72DFFBC7FB3F875FCD7EEBD" box="[716,807,1971,1995]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC7FB3F875FCD7EEBD" bold="true" box="[716,807,1971,1995]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
are less “bristly” than those of
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC79EAF872FAE9EEBD" box="[1173,1305,1971,1995]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC79EAF872FAE5EEBD" box="[1173,1301,1971,1995]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hatcheri">L. hatcheri</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
In the new species, limb surface scales (fore-hind and dorsal-ventral) are non-mucronate and carinated (in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E72DFFBC798FF81EFA9FEE99" box="[1264,1391,2007,2031]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hatcheri">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E72DFFBC798FF81EFA9FEE99" box="[1264,1391,2007,2031]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. hatcheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the majority are mucronated and non-carinate). Ventral scales are round-shaped in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA37978FF5FFB98E9C6" box="[1031,1128,152,176]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37978FF5FFB98E9C6" box="[1031,1128,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957EAE732FFA37910FF5EFB39E9C6" box="[1135,1225,152,176]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37910FF5EFB39E9C6" bold="true" box="[1135,1225,152,176]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and rhomboidal in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA37DE8FF7BFEE1E9A2" box="[151,273,188,212]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hatcheri">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37DE8FF7BFEE1E9A2" box="[151,273,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. hatcheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF13683E732FFA37DBAFF19FEF0EA62" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
Compared with
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37C06FF27FDAFE98E" box="[377,607,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA37C06FF27FE02E98E" box="[377,498,224,248]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kolengh">L. kolengh</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA37C82FF27FDAFE98E" box="[509,607,224,248]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">L. avilae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957EAE732FFA37F18FF26FD30E98E" box="[615,704,224,248]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37F18FF26FD30E98E" bold="true" box="[615,704,224,248]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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has fewer scales in contact with the interparietal (710, X = 8,13 vs. 48, X = 6.26;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37C14FEC3FE89E86A" box="[363,377,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">p</emphasis>
= 0.0027), fewer supralabial scales (56, X = 5.25 vs. 58, X = 6.65;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA379EBFEC3FB52E86A" box="[1172,1186,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">p</emphasis>
= 0.0008), more midbody scales (5359, X = 55.5 vs. 4455, X = 50.55;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37F8CFEEFFCF1E836" box="[755,769,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), more scales from occiput to rump (5158, X = 53.75 vs. 4454, X = 49.35;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37CA0FE8BFE1DE812" box="[479,493,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), more ventral scales (7291, X = 83 vs. 6176, X = 68.58;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA3786FFE8BFAEEE812" box="[1296,1310,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), more third finger lamellae (1518, X = 16.25 vs. 1316, X = 14.6;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37EFEFEB7FC7FE8FE" box="[897,911,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), more fourth toe lamellae (2023, X = 21.29 vs. 1622, X = 18.74;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37F7DFE53FDE0E8DA" box="[514,528,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), longer tails (6477, X = 68.88 vs. 4770, X = 60.52,
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37872FE53FAEBE8DA" box="[1293,1307,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">p</emphasis>
= 0.0019), shorter forelimbs (elbow-wrist length: 4.896.81, X = 5.76 vs. 4.67.03, X = 6.16, third finger length: 7.279.52, X = 8.02 vs. 8.3111.12, X = 9.65;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37F68FE1BFDD5E882" box="[535,549,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">p</emphasis>
&lt;
<quantity id="4CB69B66E732FFA37F38FE1AFD43E882" box="[583,691,476,500]" metricMagnitude="-6" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" unit="in" value="1.0E-4">0.0001 in</quantity>
both cases), smaller head width (9.0210.19, X = 9.59 vs. 8.95 11.71, X = 10.73;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37C1DFDC7FE80EB6E" box="[354,368,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">p</emphasis>
&lt;0.0001), and smaller rostral scale (rostral height: 0.551.09, X = 0.85 vs. 0.871.2, X = 1.03, rostral length 2.312.69, X = 2.51 vs. 2.463.12, X = 2.77;
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37E3BFDE3FCA2EB4A" box="[836,850,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">p</emphasis>
&lt;
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both cases).
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA37909FDE2FAC8EB4A" box="[1142,1336,548,572]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37909FDE2FAC8EB4A" box="[1142,1336,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Liolaemus avilae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA3783EFDE2FA6CEB4A" bold="true" box="[1345,1436,548,572]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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exhibits a light background coloration, while the general background coloration of
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA3794BFD8FFB5AEB16" box="[1076,1194,584,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kolengh">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA3794BFD8FFB5AEB16" box="[1076,1194,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. kolengh</emphasis>
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is dark gray or black; however, the dorsal pattern could not be recognized in around 50% of our samples.
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA3791CFDAAFACAEBF2" box="[1123,1338,620,644]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kolengh">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA3791CFDAAFACAEBF2" box="[1123,1338,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Liolaemus kolengh</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exhibits more dorsal blotches than
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA37CC1FD57FDEFEBDE" box="[446,543,656,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37CC1FD57FDEFEBDE" box="[446,543,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37F58FD56FD89EBDE" bold="true" box="[551,633,656,680]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
Ventral melanism is stronger in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA37E94FD57FB91EBDE" box="[1003,1121,656,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kolengh">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37E94FD57FB91EBDE" box="[1003,1121,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. kolengh</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA379C3FD57FAEDEBDE" box="[1212,1309,656,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA379C3FD57FAEDEBDE" box="[1212,1309,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957EAE732FFA3785BFD56FA8EEBD1" box="[1316,1406,656,680]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA3785BFD56FA87EBDE" bold="true" box="[1316,1399,656,680]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
In general, the dorsal scales of
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37CA4FD73FDCEEBBA" box="[475,574,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957EAE732FFA37F38FD72FD52EBBA" box="[583,674,692,716]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37F38FD72FD52EBBA" bold="true" box="[583,674,692,716]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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are less “bristly” than scales of
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA3796CFD73FB62EBBA" box="[1043,1170,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA3796CFD73FB7EEBBA" box="[1043,1166,692,716]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kolengh">L. kolengh</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Limb scales (fore-hind and dorsal-ventral) are non-mucronate and non-“bristly” in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA37E2EFD1FFC47EB86" box="[849,951,728,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37E2EFD1FFC47EB86" box="[849,951,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957EAE732FFA37EBCFD1EFBD1EB86" box="[963,1057,728,752]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37EBCFD1EFBD1EB86" bold="true" box="[963,1057,728,752]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(mucronated and “bristly” in
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA378FAFD1FFF00EA62" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kolengh">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA378FAFD1FFF00EA62" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. kolengh</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF13683E732FFA37DBAFCE6FB21ECB6" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E732FFA37DBAFCE6FE75EA4E" box="[197,389,800,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37DBAFCE6FE75EA4E" box="[197,389,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Liolaemus avilae</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37F02FCE7FD09EA4E" box="[637,761,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. silvanae</emphasis>
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in several characters, including: a smaller number of scales in contact with the interparietal (710, X = 8,13 vs. 58, X = 6.94;
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= 0.0027), fewer supralabial scales (56, X = 5.25 vs. 57, X = 6.18;
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= 0.0008), fewer midbody scales (5359, X = 55.5 vs. 5565, X = 59.65;
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&lt;0.0001), fewer scales from occiput to rump (5158, X = 53.75 vs. 5264, X = 56;
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&lt;0.0001), more ventral scales (7291, X = 83 vs. 7080, X = 74.59;
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&lt;0.0001), smaller body size (snout-vent length: 4859, X = 55.38 vs. 6578, X = 73, axilla-groin distance: 19.429.5, X = 25.3 vs. 25.139.7, X = 32.38;
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&lt;
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both cases), shorter fourth toe length (13.8215.98, X = 14.91 vs. 16.520.1, X = 18.46), shorter forelimbs (elbow-wrist length: 4.896.81, X = 5.76 vs. 6.838.82, X = 7.71, third finger length: 7.279.52, X = 8.02 vs. 10.6513.76, X = 12.23;
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&lt;
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both cases), smaller head (head height: 6.437.67, X = 7.07 vs. 6.849.06, X = 8.18, head width: 9.0210.19, X = 9.59 vs. 11.3114.71, X = 13.14, head length: 10.9412.9, X = 11.78 vs. 12.4715.9, X = 14.42;
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&lt;
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all cases), smaller eyes (eye height: 22.62, X = 2.2 vs. 2.092.9, X = 2.46, eye length: 2.633.32, X = 3.07 vs. 3.59 4.18, X = 3.86;
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&lt;
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both cases), smaller rostral scale (rostral height: 0.551.09, X = 0.85 vs. 1.011.35, X = 1.19, rostral length: 2.312.69, X = 2.51 vs. 2.613.47, X = 3.13;
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&lt;
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both cases), and smaller auditory meatus (auditory meatus height: 1.952.56, X = 1.95 vs. 1.952.95, X = 2.54, auditory meatus length: 1.112.01, X = 1.51 vs. 1.492.57, X = 2.04;
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&lt;
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both cases). Background coloration in
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is black, there is a no recognizable dorsal pattern, and ventral area is strongly melanistic, whereas the ventral area is weakly melanistic in
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37DAAFAA7FEC7EC0E" box="[213,311,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. avilae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37C42FAA6FE66EC0E" bold="true" box="[317,406,1376,1400]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37F1DFAA6FD4BEC0E" bold="true" box="[610,699,1376,1400]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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has a defined vertebral and paravertebral lines that are not present in
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.
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In general,
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possesses a “bristly” appearance that is absent in
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA379ABFA42FADEECEA" bold="true" box="[1236,1326,1412,1436]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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Scales of limbs (fore-hind and dorsal-ventral) are less mucronated in
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37E4DFA6FFC64ECB6" box="[818,916,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. avilae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E732FFA37EE4FA6EFC05ECB6" bold="true" box="[923,1013,1448,1472]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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than in
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.
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Description of
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.
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Adult male. Snout-vent length 59.0 mm. Tail length (complete, not regenerated) 77.0 mm. Axilla-groin distance
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. Head length
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(from anterior border of tympanum to tip of snout),
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wide (at anterior border of tympanum),
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high (at anterior border of tympanum). Snout length
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(orbit-tip of snout distance). Interorbital distance
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. Eye-nostril distance
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. Auditory meatus-eye distance
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. Forelimb length
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. Tibial length 11.0 mm. Foot length
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(ankle to tip of claw on fourth toe).
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Dorsal head scales bulged, smooth, 15 between occiput at level of anterior border of tympanum to rostral, pitted with numerous scale organs in the anterior region, and reducing to a single organ, or absence at the posterior half of the head. Rostral scale wider (
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) than high (
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). Two postrostrals, together with anterior lorilabial, separate nasal scales from rostral, surrounded by six scales. Nasal scales longer than wide, irregularly hexagonal, nostril one-half length of nasal, in a posterior position. Scales surrounding nasals 7 on the left side and 6 on the right side. Four internasals. Frontonasals four, irregular in size and position. Prefrontals 5, a small quadrangular scale in the center (
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), two dorso-lateral larger scales roughly hexagonal (
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), and a pair of lateral medium-sized scales (
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), approximately triangular. Three frontal scales. Frontoparietals in two rows, one anterior and two posterior scales. Interparietal pentagonal (
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), surrounded by seven scales; five in front and sides, irregular in shape and size, and two larger posterior scales. Parietal eye evident. Parietals slightly bulged, irregularly shaped, similar in size to interparietal. Circumorbitals: 1210. Transversally expanded supraoculars 5 4. Smaller lateral supraoculars: 1619. One canthal higher than wide, separate from nasal by one postnasals. Loreal scales bulged, four on each side. Lorilabials longer than wide (76), approximately equal to labials. Superciliaries 78, flattened and elongated, anterior four broadly overlapping dorsally. Orbit with 1215 upper and 1311 lower ciliaries on each side. Orbit diameter 4.3 x 2.0 mm. Preocular small, unfragmented, square. Subocular scale elongated, approximately nine times longer than wide (3.8 x
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). A well marked longitudinal ridge along upper margin of preocular and subocular scales. Postocular small, slightly bulged, ~ 25% superimposed onto subocular, with a marked longitudinal ridge. Palpebral scales small granular and bulged. Supralabials 65, convex. Temporals smooth, convex, juxtaposed with one scale organ in the tip. Anterior auriculars smaller than adjacent posterior temporals, projecting slightly outward (32). Posterior auricular scales small and granular. External auditory meatus conspicuous, higher (
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) than wide (
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). Lateral scales of neck granular with inflated skin. Mental scale wider (3.0 mm) than high (1.0 mm), in contact with four scales. Mental followed posteriorly by two postmentals, and two rows of three chinshields on each side. Infralabials 5-4 on each side, first on each side quadrangular two times wider than supralabials, all others elongated, slightly smaller than supralabials. Gular scales smooth, flat, imbricate, with rounded posterior margins, with melanophores. Scales of throat between chinshields slightly juxtaposed, becoming slightly imbricate toward auditory meatus. Thirty-seven gulars between tympanum openings. Infralabials separated from chinshields by one to two rows of scales. Antehumeral and longitudinal neck folds well developed; postauricular, rictal, dorsolateral, oblique and gular not conspicuous.
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<paragraph id="8BF13683E733FFA27DBAFC82FCF3ED42" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Scales of dorsal neck region rhomboidal, imbricate, strongly keeled. Very few trifids scales. Fifty-five dorsal scales between occiput and anterior surface of thighs. Dorsal body scales rhomboidal, imbricate, strongly keeled. Dorsal scales grade laterally into slightly smaller and keeled scales at midbody. Scales immediately anterior and posterior to forelimb and hindlimb insertion small, smooth, granular, and non-overlapping. Body lateral scales grading smaller to larger at midbody. Ventral body scales rhomboidals, smooth, flat, imbricate, larger than dorsal scales. Fifty-eight midbody scales; scales between mental and precloacal pores 90. Scales of cloacal region similar in size to ventral body scales; without precloacal pores.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF13683E733FFA27DBAFB86FF18EF7E" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Anterior suprabrachials rhomboidal, imbricate, smooth, slightly larger in size to dorsal body scales. Postabrachials smaller, smooth, becoming granular near axilla. Supra-antebrachials similar to suprabrachial. Infra-antebrachials rhomboidal, imbricate, smooth. Supracarpals imbricated, rhomboidal, smooth. Infracarpals imbricate, rhomboidal, very slightly keeled. Subdigital lamellae with 23 keels, each terminating in a short mucron, 23 mucronate, numbering: I: 8, II: 14, III: 17, IV: 19, V: 12. Claws robust, curved and sharp, opaque brown. Suprafemorals larger as dorsal body scales, rhomboidal, imbricated, smooth upper thigh, toward to the lateral thigh keeled. Postfemorals small, granular shape. Supratibials rhomboidal, imbricated, moderately keeled, smaller and smooth toward to the foot. Infrafemoral scale small, granular and smooth. Supratarsals rhomboidal, imbricated and smooth. Infratarsals small, rhomboidal, imbricate, smooth, some keeled and mucronate near the digit. Subdigital scales have 3 keels, 34 mucronate, numbering: I: 9, II: 14, III: 19, IV: 22, V: 16. Claws robust, curved and sharp, opaque brown. Tail complete, non-regenerated. Dorsal and lateral caudal scales, rhombic in the first half of the tail, quadrangulars toward the tip, strongly keeled. Ventral subtriangular and smooth, toward posterior half moderatly keeled.</paragraph>
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Color of
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in life.
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Dark gray dorsal background (
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) that becomes lighter on the lateral region between axilla and groin. Dorsal pattern presents nine paravertebral, quadrangulars, dark brown blotches, extending from the nuchal to the pelvic region, these series or blotches are combined at the beginning of the pelvic region into a pattern of transversal bands, which is present to the tip of the tail. Dorsolateral region between the occipital and the pelvic region is characterized by eight irregular, black and white-bordered blotches that are combined with the transversal bands of the tail. Lateral region, between axilla and groin, is characterized by a black and white reticulate pattern. In between the series of blotches a white vertebral and two yellowish paravertebral lines, onescale wide, are present. Vertebral line extends from the nuchal region, while the paravertebral lines extend from the temporal region; all are present to the pelvic region.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF13683E733FFA17DBAF89EFB3AE981" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,2012]" lastBlockId="18.[151,1436,151,248]" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="19" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Dark gray head background. Two lateral white lines along the longitudinal fold are present from the top of the auditory meatus to the antehumeral fold. White subocular scale with a black longitudinal ridge. One longitudinal band is present in the anterior part of the head, crossing though internasals, postnasals, prefrontals, frontals, postfrontals and interparietal scales, ending in the interparietal scale that is surrounded by small brown spots; however, a lighter central region is observable in the frontal, postfrontal and interparietal scales. Anterior circumorbitals present a transverse dark brown band. Nasals scales dark brown. Small dark brown blotches on postocular, temporal and occipital region. Dorsal region of the limbs are dark gray with a dark brown reticulation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF13683E730FFA17DE8F84FFDD2EEC9" blockId="18.[151,1436,1929,1983]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E730FFA17DE8F84FFEE4EEE9" bold="true" box="[151,276,1929,1952]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Upper, dorsal and ventral views of holotype in life of
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E730FFA17E33F84DFC57EED6" box="[844,935,1930,1952]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">L. avilae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E730FFA17ED0F84CFBF1EEE9" bold="true" box="[943,1025,1930,1951]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
MLP.S 2627; below, dorsal and ventral views of female (LJAMM-CNP 9399).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BF13683E731FFA07DE8F86BFDC8EE94" blockId="19.[151,1436,1965,2018]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E731FFA07DE8F86BFEE6EEB4" bold="true" box="[151,278,1965,1988]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Type locality of
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E731FFA07CAFF86BFD72EEB5" box="[464,642,1965,1987]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Liolaemus avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E731FFA07FF4F868FD2FEEB5" bold="true" box="[651,735,1966,1987]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
Altoandina phytogeographic province, Altoandino Austral District (47º0529.0” S, 71º0112.9” W, 1154 m).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BF13683E736FFA77DBAFF51FB97E981" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1256]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Gray ventral color with a dark reticulate pattern over the entire body, it is strongly marked in throat, chest, tail and body laterals, and extend to the adjacent malar and maxilla region. Ventral scales with melanophores. Ventral area of chest, belly, cloacal region and limbs tinged with a light orange color. Gray tail.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF13683E736FFA77DBAFEC5FB36E8F1" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1256]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77DBAFEC5FDA3E86A" bold="true" box="[197,595,259,284]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
Color of
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in preservative.
</emphasis>
After three years in preservative, the dorsal coloration of the head, dorsum, body flanks and tail become darker while maintaining the contrast, but the two yellowish paravertebral lines turned gray. Ventral scales of throat, neck, chest, belly and forelimbs retain the same coloration as in life, and the distinctive light ventral orange color of the chest, belly, cloacal region and limbs turns gray (
<figureCitation id="13752A06E736FFA77929FEA9FB49E8F1" box="[1110,1209,367,391]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[151,250,937,960]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,209,931]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,209,933]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Morphological comparison between Liolaemus morandae sp. nov. (A), L. lineomaculatus (B) and L. avilae sp. nov. (C). Notice differences in color pattern on the tails, size of blotches on the limbs and differences in vertebral and paravertebral lines. Dorsal scales (shown on the right) are less mucronated in L. lineomaculatus. Dorsal scales of hindlimbs are less carinated in L. morandae sp. nov. than in the other species, while they are more mucronated in L. avilae sp. nov." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/208136/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Figure 6</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF13683E736FFA77DBAFE55FCCDEBBA" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1256]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77DBAFE55FECCE8DD" bold="true" box="[197,316,403,428]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Variation.</emphasis>
Morphological and meristic character variation between male and female
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E736FFA779D5FE52FA9EE8DA" box="[1194,1390,404,428]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA779D5FE52FA9EE8DA" box="[1194,1390,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Liolaemus avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77805FE52FF38E8A6" bold="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, is shown in
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. Females in life present basically the same dorsal and lateral patterns as present in males, but females generally have a lighter brown background coloration; vertebral and paravertebral lines are variable, in some individuals they are strongly defined while in others they are less conspicuous; lines vary from white to yellow in females and from light orange to pink in males. Ventrally dark reticulate pattern in the entire body is present and is strongly marked in the throat, tail and lateral body scales. Ventral, ventro-lateral, limb, cloacal and postcloacal regions vary from males to females, in the former a ventral light orange coloration is present, while in one female (out of three) a light pink ventral coloration is present. All distinctive ventral and dorsal coloration changed from yellow, orange or pink to gray or white in preservative.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3546508E736FFA77DBAFD1EFEC1EA41" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BF13683E736FFA77DBAFD1EFEC1EA41" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1256]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77DBAFD1EFEB4EB86" bold="true" box="[197,324,728,752]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet of this species “
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E736FFA77F9AFD1EFCD9EB86" box="[741,809,728,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77F9AFD1EFCD9EB86" box="[741,809,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” refers to our colleague and the first authors PhD advisor Dr. Luciano Javier Avila, to honor him after more than fifteen years of research and teaching on the Patagonian herpetofauna.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3546508E736FFA77DBAFC85FD57ED9E" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BF13683E736FFA77DBAFC85FE02EAD2" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1256]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77DBAFC85FEAEEA2D" bold="true" box="[197,350,835,860]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Distribution.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E736FFA77C17FC82FDDBEA2A" box="[360,555,836,860]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77C17FC82FDDBEA2A" box="[360,555,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Liolaemus avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20957EAE736FFA77F4BFC82FD61EA2A" box="[564,657,836,860]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77F4BFC82FD61EA2A" bold="true" box="[564,657,836,860]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is known only from the
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locality and surroundings, from Lago Buenos Aires Plateau in Puesto Lebrun and 18.7 SW from there, Santa Cruz province, Lago Buenos Aires department,
<collectingCountry id="F3597613E736FFA77DA2FC4AFEBCEAD2" box="[221,332,908,932]" name="Argentina" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="13752A06E736FFA77C24FC4AFE37EAD2" box="[347,455,908,932]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1053,1076]" captionTargetBox="[157,1427,198,1017]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,193,1032]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 5. Distribution map for species of the lineomaculatus group, with geographical localities sampled in this study superimposed on regional elevation (shading). Black circles: L. morandae sp. nov.; white circle: L. avilae sp. nov.; black squares: L. lineomaculatus; white square: L. kolengh; white triangles: L. hatcheri; black triangle: L. silvanae. Arrows indicate type localities. CH: Chubut province; SC: Santa Cruz province." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/208135/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Figures 5</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13752A06E736FFA77CABFC4AFE14EAD2" box="[468,484,908,932]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1965,1988]" captionTargetBox="[212,1380,193,1945]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[212,1380,193,1945]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 8. Type locality of Liolaemus avilae sp. nov. Altoandina phytogeographic province, Altoandino Austral District (47 º 05 29.0 ” S, 71 º 01 12.9 ” W, 1154 m)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/208138/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">8</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF13683E736FFA77DBAFC76FD57ED9E" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1256]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77DBAFC76FE74EABE" bold="true" box="[197,388,943,968]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Natural history.</emphasis>
Out of three females, only one presents a ventral pinkish coloration and a different one was pregnant; thus we infer that the pinkish coloration in females is not related to pregnancy. The species occurs in the Altoandina Phytogeographic province, Altoandino Austral district, in environments characterized as sparse grasslands and chamaephytes such as
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77F70FBDBFC22ED42" box="[527,978,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E736FFA77F70FBDBFC94ED42" authority="Nassauvia" authorityName="Nassauvia" box="[527,868,1052,1076]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Empetrum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rubrum">Empetrum rubrum, Nassauvia</taxonomicName>
pygmaea
</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77973FBDAFB0AED42" box="[1036,1274,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E736FFA77973FBDAFB06ED42" box="[1036,1270,1052,1076]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Azorrella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ameghinoi">Azorrella ameghinoi</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
among others (Roig 1998); some
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77C0DFB87FE3BED2E" box="[370,459,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Festuca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E736FFA77CACFB87FE0DED2E" box="[467,509,1089,1112]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Stipa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spp">spp</taxonomicName>
. and
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E736FFA77F46FB86FD60ED21" box="[569,656,1088,1111]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Senecio" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77F46FB86FD60ED21" box="[569,656,1088,1111]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Senecio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E736FFA77FE7FB87FD33ED2E" box="[664,707,1089,1112]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Stipa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spp">spp</taxonomicName>
. were also observed. This new species was found in open volcanic-sand substrates between patches of basaltic rocks, sharing the habitat with
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E736FFA77E80FBA2FB02ED0A" box="[1023,1266,1124,1148]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="archeforus">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77E80FBA2FB02ED0A" box="[1023,1266,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Liolaemus archeforus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E736FFA77858FBA2FF04EDD6" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="silvanae">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77858FBA2FF04EDD6" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Liolaemus silvanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="13752A06E736FFA77C7CFB4EFE95EDD6" box="[259,357,1160,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1965,1988]" captionTargetBox="[212,1380,193,1945]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[212,1380,193,1945]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 8. Type locality of Liolaemus avilae sp. nov. Altoandina phytogeographic province, Altoandino Austral District (47 º 05 29.0 ” S, 71 º 01 12.9 ” W, 1154 m)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/208138/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Figure 8</figureCitation>
). Based on the natural history of its sister species
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77EE9FB4FFB96EDD6" box="[918,1126,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E736FFA77EE9FB4FFB92EDD6" box="[918,1122,1160,1184]" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineomaculatus">L. lineomaculatus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
we hypothesize that
<taxonomicName id="4C4E4D00E736FFA7782CFB4FFF49EDB2" class="Reptilia" family="Liolaemidae" genus="Liolaemus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="avilae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA7782CFB4FFF49EDB2" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">L. avilae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77DBFFB6AFEEAEDB2" bold="true" box="[192,282,1196,1220]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is herbivorous and likely to also be viviparous, perhaps giving birth to between three and six individuals per clutch (Cei 1986; Espinoza
<emphasis id="B93AEA91E736FFA77F60FB17FDA7ED9E" box="[543,599,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">et al.</emphasis>
2004).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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