Liolaemus chlorostictus, Laurent, 1991

Abdala, Cristian Simón, Quinteros, Andrés Sebastián, Semhan, Romina Valeria, Bulacios Arroyo, Ana Lucia, Schulte, James, Paz, Marcos Maximiliano, Ruiz-Monachesi, Mario Ricardo, Laspiur, Alejandro, Aguilar-Kirigin, Alvaro Juan, Gutiérrez Poblete, Roberto, Valladares Faundez, Pablo, Valdés, Julián, Portelli, Sabrina, Santa Cruz, Roy, Aparicio, James, Garcia, Noelia & Langstroth, Robert, 2020, Unravelling interspecific relationships among highland lizards: first phylogenetic hypothesis using total evidence of the Liolaemus montanus group (Iguania: Liolaemidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189 (1), pp. 349-377 : 357

Liolaemus chlorostictus clade

This clade is composed of two species: Liolaemus chlorostictus Laurent, 1991 and L. orientalis . They are medium to large in size [maximal snout–vent length (SVL)> 90 mm]. The dorsal scales of the torso are juxtaposed and weakly keeled; they possess ≤ 70 scales around the midbody, 75 dorsals and 90 ventrals. The speciesareallopatricallydistributedinbothnorthernmost Argentina and southwestern Bolivia ( Fig. 4 ). This clade is supported by six continuous characters and 16 discrete characters (12 lepidosis characters, three coloration characters and one ecological character; Supporting Information, Table S1). This relationship was recovered in all of the TEH runs performed.

Figures

Figure 4. Map showing distribution of the taxa members of the Liolaemus chlorostictus, Liolaemus reichei, Liolaemus jamesi and Liolaemus ortizi clades.