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Vol. 60, 2021
(update: 2021.03.11; 05.28)
An Endemic and Endangered New
Species of the Lizard Liolaemus
montanus Group from Southwestern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae),
with a Key for the Species of the L.
reichei Clade
Aarón
J. Quiroz1,* , Ling
Huamaní-Valderrama1,
Roberto C. Gutiérrez2, Álvaro
J. Aguilar-Kirigin3,4,
Evaristo López-Tejeda1,2, Ana
Lazo-Rivera1, Wilson
Huanca-Mamani5, Pablo
Valladares-Faúndez6, Juan
J. Morrone7, José
Cerdeña2, Juan
C. Chaparro8,9, and
Cristian S. Abdala10
doi:10.6620/ZS.2021.60-23
1Universidad
Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Escuela Profesional de Biología,
Av. Alcides Carrión s/n, Arequipa, Perú. *Correspondence: E-mail:
aquirozro@unsa.edu.pe (Quiroz).
E-mail: lingdorishuamanivalderrama@gmail.com (Huamaní-Valderrama);
elopezt@unsa.edu.pe (López-Tejeda); alazor@unsa.edu.pe (Lazo-Rivera)
2Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa,
Museo de Historia Natural, Av. Alcides Carrión s/n, Arequipa, Perú.
E-mail: salamanqueja@gmail.com (Gutiérrez); cerdenajoseal@yahoo.es
(Cerdeña)
3Red de Investigadores en Herpetología, La Paz, Estado
Plurinacional de Bolivia. E-mail: alvaroaguilarkirigin@gmail.com
(Aguilar-Kirigin)
4Área de Herpetología, Colección Boliviana de Fauna,
La Paz, Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia.
5Departamento de Producción Agrícola, Facultad de
Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. E-mail:
whuanca@uta.cl (Huanca-Mamani)
6Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias,
Universidad de Tarapacá. Velásquez 1775, Arica. Chile. E-mail:
pvalladaresf@gmail.com (Valladares-Faúndez)
7Museo de Zoología, Departamento de Biología
Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México (UNAM), 04510 Mexico City, Mexico. E-mail:
morrone@ciencias.unam.mx (Morrone)
8Museo de Biodiversidad del Perú, Urbanización
Mariscal Gamarra A-61, Zona 2, Cusco, Perú. E-mail:
jchaparroauza@yahoo.com (Chaparro)
9Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional
de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Paraninfo Universitario (Plaza de Armas
s/n), Cusco, Perú
10CONICET - Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (UEL)- Facultad de
Cs. Naturales e IML. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina.
E-mail: samiryjazmin@gmail.com (Abdala)
Received 17 June 2020 / Accepted 16
February 2021
Communicated by Benny K.K. Chan
The southwestern Andes of Peru
harbor a hidden taxonomic diversity of reptiles. We describe a new
species of Liolaemus Wiegmann
(Iguania: Liolaemidae) from xerophytic environments of the southwestern
slopes of the Andes of Peru, 2,400– 2,900 m asl. The new species,
previously considered to be a population of L. insolitus Cei, exhibits unique
diagnostic characters of morphology, scalation and color pattern, and
molecular evidence that suggest that it belongs in the Liolaemus montanus species group
and the L. reichei clade.
Moreover, the species is endemic to the eastern slopes of La Caldera
batholith in the Department of Arequipa, southern Peru. We also provide
information on the conservation status of the species and suggest it be
included in the IUCN red list of the threatened species as endangered
(EN). A key for the species of the L.
reichei clade is provided.
Key words: Lizards, Taxonomy, Phylogeny, L. insolitus, Arequipa.
Citation:
Quiroz AJ, Huamaní-Valderrama L, Gutiérrez RC, Aguilar-Kirigin AJ,
López-Tejeda E, Lazo-Rivera A, Huanca-Mamani W, Valladares-Faúndez P,
Morrone JJ, Cerdeña J, Chaparro JC, Abdala CS. 2021. An endemic and
endangered new species of the lizard Liolaemus
montanus group from southwestern Peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae),
with a key for the species of the L.
reichei clade. Zool Stud 60:23.
doi:10.6620/ZS.2021.60-23.
Supplementary
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