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ArticlePloS one2019

Description and phylogeny of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) endemic to the south of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

Cristian Simón Abdala, Alvaro J Aguilar-Kirigin, Romina Valeria Semhan, Ana Lucia Bulacios Arroyo, Julián Valdes, Marcos Maximiliano Paz, Roberto Gutiérrez Poblete, Pablo Valladares Faundez, Robert Langstroth, James Aparicio

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Cristian Simón AbdalaConsejo Nacional de Investigación Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)-Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (UEL), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Alvaro J Aguilar-KiriginÁrea de Herpetología, Colección Boliviana de Fauna, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Facultad de Ciencias Puras y Naturales, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.ORCID 0000-0001-8566-5308
Romina Valeria SemhanConsejo Nacional de Investigación Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)-Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (UEL), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Ana Lucia Bulacios ArroyoConsejo Nacional de Investigación Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)-Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (UEL), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Julián ValdesConsejo Nacional de Investigación Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)-Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (UEL), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Marcos Maximiliano PazConsejo Nacional de Investigación Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)-Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (UEL), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Roberto Gutiérrez PobleteMuseo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, Arequipa, Perú.ORCID 0000-0002-7706-0146
Pablo Valladares FaundezLaboratorio de Zoología Integrativa, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile.
Robert LangstrothÁrea de Herpetología, Colección Boliviana de Fauna, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Facultad de Ciencias Puras y Naturales, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.
James AparicioÁrea de Herpetología, Colección Boliviana de Fauna, Campus Universitario de Cota Cota, Facultad de Ciencias Puras y Naturales, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARUniversidad Mayor de San Andrés · BONational University of Tucumán · ARUniversidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa · PEUniversity of Tarapacá · CL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Liolaemus montanus group is a diverse group of lizards that ranges from central Peru to southwestern Mendoza, Argentina, including much of the Plurinational State of Bolivia ("Bolivia") and Chile. The species of this group mainly inhabit high elevation areas with cold temperatures. In the last years, several species of this group have been described, mostly in Argentina and Chile. In Bolivia, there are at least thirteen valid species belonging to the L. montanus group. In this study, we describe a new species of the L. montanus group with a marked endemism in the Cordillera de Sama of the Tarija Department, Bolivia, and a combination of unique character states that allows its formal description as a new species. The phylogenetic relationships based on analysis of 159 morphological characters suggest that it belongs to the L. montanus group, and that it is closest to Liolaemus pulcherrimus, which is found allopatrically in a small area of the Jujuy Province, Argentina. The multivariate analyses of 66 morphological characters support the phylogenetic relationships. Statistical analyses of inter-species comparisons of morphological characters are not considered the only methods due to the non-independence of some characters states among species; thus, a phylogenetic analysis is recommended. The detailed revision of specimens of the L. montanus group held in the collections of Bolivia is filling major geographic gaps and improving our understanding of the phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of this widely distributed group of South American lizards.

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PhylogenyAnimalsBoliviaFemaleLizardsMalePigmentationPrincipal Component AnalysisSpecies Specificity

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