A new <i>Phymaturus</i> species from volcanic Cordilleran mountains of the south-western Mendoza Province, Argentina (Liolaemidae, Iguania, Lacertilia, Reptilia)

A new liolaemid species of the genus Phymaturus is described and discussed. The only known sample comes from the Peteroa Volcano mountains (about 2000 m a.s.l.), close to the Chilean frontier in the Andean region of Southern Mendoza province, Argentina. Its relationships with all Phymaturus species...

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Autores: Cei, José Miguel Alfredo María, Videla, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/85385
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85385
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias Naturales
Andean herpetofauna
Phymaturus
Peteroa volcano mountains
Liolaemine lizards
Color patterns
Specific karyotypes
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Sumario:A new liolaemid species of the genus Phymaturus is described and discussed. The only known sample comes from the Peteroa Volcano mountains (about 2000 m a.s.l.), close to the Chilean frontier in the Andean region of Southern Mendoza province, Argentina. Its relationships with all Phymaturus species recognized from Chile and Argentina are analyzed. Beside the peculiar morphological and chromatic characters of this stout lizard, its different karyotypic number and composition is pointed out.