New species of lizard from the magellanicus clade of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae) from southern Patagonia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3123, 2011, Pages 32-48

  Breitman, Maria Florencia ^a   Pérez, Cristian Hernán Fulvio ^a   Parra, Micaela ^b   Morando, Mariana ^a   Sites Jr , Jack Walter ^c   Avila, Luciano Javier ^a  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

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

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iguania; L. caparensis sp. nov.; Liolaemidae; Liolaemus lineomaculatus section; New species; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255191848     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3123.1.2     Document Type: Article

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