New Endemic Iguanid Lizards from the Famatina Mountains of Western Argentina

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 31 Mar 1980 Argentina Publisher:JSTORJournal:Journal of Herpetology, volume 14, page 57 (issn: 0022-1511,

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Authors: Cei, José Miguel Alfredo María;

doi: 10.2307/1563876

New Endemic Iguanid Lizards from the Famatina Mountains of Western Argentina

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Abstract

The first herpetological information on the Sierra de Famatina massif (6250 m), La Rioja Province, Argentina, includes two new species of Phymaturus and Liolaemus living at altitudes from 3600 to 4200 m. Taxonomic and ecological relationships between these isolated tropidurine iguanids and nearby related species from the Cordilleran highlands are discussed. A montane species-group comprising Uolaemus ruibali, L. duellmani and L. famatinae sp. nov. is suggested by morphological affinities. * * *

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Argentina

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National University of La Plata
Argentina

Keywords

Argentina, Iguanas, Reptiles, Zoología

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