Liolaemus Explained

Liolaemus is a genus of iguanian lizards, containing many species, all of which are endemic to South America.[1]

Description

Members of the genus Liolaemus form a dominant part of the lizard fauna of the southern part of the continent of South America, and vary considerably in size (45mm100mm snout–vent length) and weight (3-).

Geographic range

Liolaemus species are found in the Andes and adjacent lowlands, from Peru to Tierra del Fuego,[2] at altitudes that can exceed .

Liolaemus magellanicus and Liolaemus sarmientoi are the world's southernmost reptiles, living as far south as Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and the northern shores of the Strait of Magellan respectively.[3] [4]

Diet

Most species of Liolaemus are omnivorous, but a few purely insectivorous and herbivorous species are known.

Species

There are more than 225 described species in the genus Liolaemus, but the true number of species may be about double this number.[5] Liolaemus is by far the largest genus of the liolaemid lizards, which are traditionally treated as subfamily Liolaeminae within the Iguanidae but more recently were proposed for upranking to full family Liolaemidae.

The following species are recognised:[6] [7] [8]

Pets

Some species of Liolaemus have been recently kept as pets, and as many of them originate from regions that experience cold conditions, they are named "snow swifts". More generally, the genus is known as "tree iguanas".

Further reading

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liolaemus Lizards . Daniel Pincheira-Donoso – Homepage . 2017-10-21.
  2. Schulte . J. . species:JamesA. Schulte II . Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal . . January 2000 . 69 . 1 . 75–102 . 10.1006/bijl.1999.0346. 2000BJLS...69...75S .
  3. Duran . Fernando . Boretto . Jorgelina M. . Fernández . Jimena B. . Molina . Mora Ibáñez . Medina . Marlin S. . Ibargüengoytía . Nora R. . species:Nora Ruth Ibargüengoytía . Impact of immunological state on eco-physiological variables in one of the southernmost lizards in the world . Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências . 2019 . 91 . 4 . e20190055 . 10.1590/0001-3765201920190055 . 31778459 . free. 11336/106398 . free .
  4. Historical account and current ecological knowledge of the southernmost lizard in the world, Liolaemus magellanicus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) . . Jaksic . Fabián M. .

    es:Fabián Jaksic

    . 7 . 95 . 10.1186/s40693-022-00112-y . 2022. free . 2022RvCHN..95....7J .
  5. Olave, Melisa . species:Melisa Olave . Martinez, Lorena E. . species:Lorena Elizabeth Martínez . Ávila, Luciano J. . Sites, Jack W. Jr. . Morando, Mariana . 2011 . Evidence of hybridization in the Argentinean lizards Liolaemus gracilis and Liolaemus bibronii (Iguania: Liolaemini): an integrative approach based on genes and morphology . . 61 . 2 . 381–391 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.006 . 21798358 . 11336/82195 . 2012-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150226152412/http://siteslab.byu.edu/Portals/25/docs/Publications%202/Evidence%20of%20hybridization%20in%20Argentinean%20lizards.pdf . 2015-02-26 .
  6. www.reptile-database.org.
  7. Abdala . Cristian Simón . species:Cristian Simón Abdala . Aguilar-Kirigin . Alvaro J. . species:Álvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigan . Semhan . Romina Valeria . species:Romina Valeria Semhan . Bulacios Arroyo . Ana Lucia . Valdes . Julián . Paz . Marcos Maximiliano . species:Marcos Maximiliano Paz . Gutiérrez Poblete . Roberto . Valladares Faundez . Pablo . species:Pablo Valladares Faúndez . Langstroth . Robert . species:Roberto Langstroth . Aparicio . James . species:James Aparicio . 2019-12-02 . Description and phylogeny of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) endemic to the south of the Plurinational State of Bolivia . . 14 . 12. e0225815. 10.1371/journal.pone.0225815 . 31790476 . 6886809 . 2019PLoSO..1425815A . 1932-6203 . free.
  8. Abdala . Cristian S. . Paz . Marcos M. . Semhan . Romina V. . García . Noelia . Aguilar-Kirigin . Alvaro J. . Farías . María E. . Valladares . Pablo . Gutiérrez Poblete . Roberto . Quipildor . Matías A. . species:Matías Quipildor . Valdes . Julián . Langstroth . Robert . 2021-02-17 . Increasing knowledge of the denizens of saline environments through integrative taxonomy: new Argentinian endemic taxa of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and their evolutionary relationships . . 19 . 2 . 135–167 . 10.1080/14772000.2020.1844818. 2021SyBio..19..135A . 231643832 . 1477-2000.
  9. Ávila LJ, Morando M, Pérez CH, ((Sites JW Jr)) . 2010 . A new species of the Liolaemus elongatus clade (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemini) from Cordillera del Viento, northwestern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina . . 2667 . 28–42 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2667.1.2.
  10. Breitman MF, Parra M, Pérez CH, Sites JW . 2011 . Two new species of lizards from the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae) from southern Patagonia . . 3120 . 1–28 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3120.1.1.
  11. Quinteros AS, Ruiz-Monachesi MR, Abdala CS . Solving the Liolaemus bibronii puzzle, an integrative taxonomy approach: redescription of L. bibronii and description of three new species (Iguania: Liolaemidae) . 2020 . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 189 . 1 . 315–348 . 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz113.
  12. Martinez LE, Ávila LJ, Perez CH, Perez DR, Sites JW, Morando M .

    de:Luciano Javier Ávila

    . 2011 . A new species of Liolaemus (Squamata, Iguania, Liolaemini) endemic to the Auca Mahuida volcano, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina . . 3010 . 31–46 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3010.1.3.
  13. Ávila . Luciano Javier .

    de:Luciano Javier Ávila

    . Vrdoljak . Juan Esteban . Medina . Cintia Débora . Massini . Juan García . Pérez . Cristian Hernán Fulvio. Sites . Jack W. Jr . Morando . Mariana . 2021-01-07 . A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Squamata) of the Liolaemus capillitas clade (Squamata, Liolaemini, Liolaemus elongatus - kriegi group) from Sierra de Velasco, La Rioja Province, Argentina . . en . 4903 . 2 . 194–216 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.2.2 . 33757095 . 232338760 . 1175-5334.
  14. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Mapuche", p. 167).
  15. Abdala, Cristián S. . Baldo, Diego . Juárez, Ricardo A. . Espinoza, Robert E. . 2016 . The First Parthenogenetic Pleurodont Iguanian: A New All-female Liolaemus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from Western Argentina . . 104 . 2 . 487–497 . 10.1643/CH-15-381. 89253721.

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