A new species of Liolaemus from Añelo sand dunes, northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina, and molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus wiegmannii species group (Squamata, Iguania, Liolaemini)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2234, 2009, Pages 39-55

  Avila, Luciano Javier ^a   Morando, Mariana ^a   Perez, Daniel Roberto ^b   Sites, Jack W ^c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Iguania; Liolaemini; Liolaemus cuyumhue sp. nov.; Neuqu n province, Phylogeny, wiegmannii group; Northern patagonia

Indexed keywords

IGUANIA; LIOLAEMUS; LIOLAEMUS AZARAI; LIOLAEMUS LUTZAE; LIOLAEMUS MULTIMACULATUS; LIOLAEMUS OCCIPITALIS; LIOLAEMUS RIOJANUS; LIOLAEMUS SALINICOLA; LIOLAEMUS SCAPULARIS; LIOLAEMUS WIEGMANNII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70349337179     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2234.1.3     Document Type: Article

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