Description of Phymaturus katenke, a new species of lizard (Iguania: Liolaemidae) discovered through DNA barcoding

SCOLARO, J.A.; CORBALÁN, V.; OBREGÓN STREITEMBERGER, L.; TAPPARI, O.F.

NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

UNIV ORADEA PUBL HOUSE

Lugar: Oradea, Rumania; Año: 2021 vol. 17 p. 57 - 64

1584-9074

We describe a new sexually monomorphic species of the Phymaturus patagonicus group, called Phymaturus katenke. It lives at about 800 m altitude on basaltic outcrops, in the central steppe of Chubut Province, Argentina. Here, we morphologically compared individuals of the studied population with the phylogenetically related and geographically neighbouring congenerics from the patagonicus group. Its distribution and natural history are pointed out.