Two new species of lizards from the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae) from southern Patagonia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3120, 2011, Pages 1-28

  Breitman, Maria Florencia ^a   Parra, Micaela ^b   Fulvio Pérez, Cristian Hernán ^a   Sites Jr , Jack Walter ^c  

^a Centro Nacional Patagonico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iguania; Liolaemidae; Liolaemus avilae sp. nov.; Liolaemus lineomaculatus section; Liolaemus morandae sp. nov.; New species; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055185467     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3120.1.1     Document Type: Article

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