Two new species of Liolaemus lizards from northwestern Argentina: Speciation within the northern subclade of the Elongatus group (Iguania: Liolaemidae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-105

  Espinoza, Robert E ^a,b,d   Lobo, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Liolaemidae; Liolaemus dicktracyi sp. nov.; Liolaemus elongatus group; Liolaemus umbrifer sp. nov.; Lizard; New species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

(NORTHWEST); ARGENTINA;

AMPHIBIA; IGUANIA; LIOLAEMINAE; LIOLAEMUS; LIOLAEMUS BUERGERI; LIOLAEMUS CAPILLITAS; LIOLAEMUS DICKTRACY; LIOLAEMUS DICKTRACYI; LIOLAEMUS ELONGATUS; LIOLAEMUS HELIODERMIS; LIOLAEMUS UMBRIFER; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037374304     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0089:TNSOLL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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