An endemic new species of Andean lizard of the genus Liolaemus from southern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and its phylogenetic position

QUIROZ A.; ARAPA L. ; CHAPARRO J. C. ; CERDEÑA J. ; GUTIÉRREZ R. ; ABDALA C. S

Amphibian & Reptile Conservation

Amphibian & Reptile Conservation

Año: 2020

1083-446X

Integrative evidence of several external morphological characters and molecular phylogeneticanalyses of mitochondrial DNA (12S, cyt-b) are used to place a new species of Andean lizard of the genus Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) in the Liolaemus montanus group and as sister group of the clade formed by L. signifer. The new species is characterized by a unique combination of morphometric characteristics, scalation, and color pattern. The L. montanus group now contains seventeen species in southern Peru, distributed along the eastern and western slopes of the Andes.