INVESTIGADORES
MORANDO Mariana
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update
Autor/es:
MORANDO, M.; AVILA, L.J.; MARTINEZ, L.
Reunión:
Congreso; VII World Congress of Herpetology. Vancouver, BC, Canada.; 2012
Institución organizadora:
WCH Organizing Committee
Resumen:
Since Ceis (1986, 1993) monographs on reptiles of Argentina there has been a remarkable growth in the number of researchers working on lizards of our country, and a corresponding increase about this herpetofaunas knowledge. Later, Avila et al. (2000) presented an updated checklist as part of a categorization work on lizards and amphisbaenians. The species number continued to grow notably in the following years, particulary on the Phymaturus and Liolaemus genera; many new species have been described, definition of many species and the taxonomic status and nomenclature of other species have changed. This prompted to the elaboration of a new list presented in the VII Congreso Argentino de Herpetología that took place in Corrientes city during 2006 (Avila et al. 2006). This list was quickly out of date, thus we continued gathering information for the publication of a new updated list that is presented here, summarizing all the new information available since Avila et al. (2000). There are 257 described species, being Tropiduridae the most inclusive clade and Liolaemus the most diverse genera with 150 described species for Argentina. We present detailed information by family, genera, and geographic distribution, and we compare the growth increase in almost 12 years since Avila et al. (2000) Although the list will surely continue to grow during the next years, we consider it appropriate to present an updated list that can be used by the scientific community in general, as well as by those dedicated to conservation and natural resources management.