Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the lizard clade Liolaemus elongatus (Iguania: Liolaemini) with the description of a new species from an isolated volcanic peak in northern Patagonia

Luciano Javier Avila; Cintia Debora Medina; Cristian Hernan Fulvio Perez; Jack W Sites Jr; Mariana Morando

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3947.1.4

Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the lizard clade Liolaemus elongatus (Iguania: Liolaemini) with the description of a new species from an isolated volcanic peak in northern Patagonia

Zootaxa. 2015 Apr 14;3947(1):67-84. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.1.4.

Authors

Luciano Javier Avila¹, Cintia Debora Medina², Cristian Hernan Fulvio Perez², Jack W Sites Jr³, Mariana Morando²

Affiliations

¹ Centro Nacional Patagónico - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, U9120ACD Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.; Email: avilacnp@gmail.com.
² Centro Nacional Patagónico - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, U9120ACD Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.; Email: unknown.
³ Department of Biology and Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 4029 LSB, Provo, UT (84602), USA; Email: unknown.

PMID: 25947719
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.1.4

Abstract

A new species of the Andean-Patagonian Liolaemus elongatus clade is described. Liolaemus crandalli sp. nov. differs from other members of its clade by a combination of coloration characters, scale counts and genetic traits. Liolaemus crandalli sp. nov. is known only from an isolated volcanic mountain in northwestern Patagonia above 1500 m.a.s.l. unconnected with other habitat suitable for species of the Liolaemus elongatus clade.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Argentina
Ecosystem*
Lizards / anatomy & histology
Lizards / classification*
Lizards / genetics*
Phylogeny*
Species Specificity