Three New Lizard Species of the Liolaemus montanus Group from Perú

Diversity

VictorJ. Vargas¹  César Aguilar-Puntriano²  Alejandro Mendoza²  César Ramírez²  Ernesto Castillo²  JackW. Sites³ 

[1] Asociación Pro Fauna Silvestre Ayacucho, Jr. José Santos Flores, Mz. A1 Lt.9. Urb. Las Américas San Juan Bautista, Huamanga, Ayacucho 05001, Peru;Departamento de Herpetología, Museo de Historia Natural de San Marcos (MUSM), Av. Arenales 1256, Lima 11, Peru;Emeritus Professor, Department of Biology, Emeritus Curator (Herpetology), M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA;

关键词: Andes;    conservation;    Pacific coast;    Perú;    species description;    threats;   

DOI  :  10.3390/d11090161

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Three new species of Liolaemus belonging to the L. montanus group are described from Perú. Two new species are restricted to the Ica and Moquegua departments on the Pacific coast, and one new species is only known from an isolated highland in Ayacucho department. These three new species differ from closely related species in their coloration patterns and head shape. We comment on the conservation issues of the new species and other Peruvian species of the L. montanus group.

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