An endemic new species of Andean lizard of the genus Liolaemus from southern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and its phylogenetic position

Chaparro J.C.; Quiroz A.J.; Mamani L.; Gutiérrez R.C.; Condori P.; De la Riva I.; Herrera-Juárez G.; Cerdeña J.; Arapa L.P.; Abdala C.S. · Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (2020)

Resumen

Integrative evidence of several external morphological characters and molecular phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA (12S, cyt-b) are used to place a new species of Andean lizard of the genus Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) in the Liolaemus montanus group and as sister group of the clade formed by L. signifer. The new species is characterized by a unique combination of morphometric characteristics, scalation, and color pattern. The L. montanus group now contains seventeen species in southern Peru, distributed along the eastern and western slopes of the Andes.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco; Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa