Liolaemus lineomaculatus,Geographic distribution

LAURA M. CASALINS; GUILLERMO AMICO; NORA R.IBARGUENGOYTIA

San Carlos de Bariloche

Congreso; 1ª REUNIÓN BINACIONAL DE ECOLOGIA, XX REUNIÓN ARGENTINA DE ECOLOGÍA, X REUNION DE LA SOCIEDAD DE ECOLOGÍA DE CHILE; 2001

INIBIOMA

LIOLAEMUS LINEOMACULATUS. ARGENTINA: CHUBUT: on Rt. 37, 8 km W jct. Rts. 37 and 3, 45°37´S, 67°42´W, ca. 2150 m. 25 January 2000. Jim Schulte II and Nora Ibargiiengoytia. Herpetological Collection Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires province, Argentina (MLP.S. 2106); on the shore of Aleusco Lake, 43°05´S, 70°26´W, ca. 620 m. 23 November 2000. G. Amico and L. Sympson. MLP.S. 2107. RIO NEGRO: 2 km from Seccional islirihuau, on SE shore of the Slirihuau river, 41°18´S, 71°15´W, ca. 1150 m. 26 January 2000. G. Amico and L. Sympson. MLP.S. 2108. All specimens verified by J. M. Cei. Liolaemus lineomaculatus has been known from Santa Cruz and Chubut provinces. The northernmost locality is at the west corner of Chubut (44°51´S, 71°40´W) at 980 m. (Williams 1997, Cuad. Herpetol. 11:88-89). A population, probably referable to L. lineomaculatus, was found associated with the Araucaria forest in Primeros Pinos, Neuquen Province (Cei 1986, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, monografia IV. Torino, Italy. 528 pp.). These specimens represent the second record for Chubut and the first record for Rio Negro Province, and represent a link between the Chubut and Neuquen populations. The present data extend the known distribution of this species ca. 360 km north from previously known localities.