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Naming the Diversity: Taxonomy of Current Species of Patagonian Lizards

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Lizards of Patagonia

Part of the book series: Natural and Social Sciences of Patagonia ((NSSP))

Abstract

The diversity of the Patagonian lizard fauna is a combination of low diversity at higher levels, e.g., families, some of them almost marginal to the region, coupled with very high species diversity concentrated in two genera Liolaemus and Phymaturus, and a high number of endemics. The number of described species almost tripled since Cei’s last and only monograph on Patagonian herpetofauna in 1987. But changes were not limited to species numbers; taxonomy changed as studies of this fauna improved with the use of modern taxonomic techniques and dedicated field surveys made to some previously unknown areas. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a taxonomic summary of Patagonian lizards. We include a number of plates with pictures of poorly known and/or endemic Patagonian species probably never included in any book or publication.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    After closing the search for information for this chapter, four new species from this group were described: L. balerion, L. meraxes and L. vhagar in the Argentine Patagonian steppes, along with a redescription of L. bibronii (Quinteros et al. 2019).

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    After closing the search for information for this chapter, L. aureum was described for the northwestern escarpment of the Copahue volcano in Chile (Diaz-Vega et al., 2018).

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We thank institutions that in different ways supported this work: CONICET, Brigham Young University and Monte L. Bean Museum, National Science Foundation, ANPCyT-FONCyT. Jack W. Sites Jr. made an English revision and helpful comments on the draft. We highlight the collaboration of several members of the Grupo de Herpetología Patagónica (GHP) and associate colleagues of the group. We thank Nicolas Pelegrin, Ignacio Hernandez, and Ignacio Minoli for color photographs. This chapter was written within the framework of the PUE-IPEEC-2016 22920160100044. LJA and MM are CONICET researchers, AGM and KIS are CONICET fellowships and CHFP CONICET technical assistant.

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Avila, L.J., González Marín, A., Troncoso-Palacios, J., Sánchez, K.I., Pérez, C.H.F., Morando, M. (2020). Naming the Diversity: Taxonomy of Current Species of Patagonian Lizards. In: Morando, M., Avila, L.J. (eds) Lizards of Patagonia. Natural and Social Sciences of Patagonia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42752-8_7

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