An endemic and endangered new species of the lizard liolaemus montanus group from southwestern peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with a key for the species of the l. reichei clade

Aarón J. Quiroz; Ling Huamaní-Valderrama; Roberto C. Gutiérrez; Álvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigin; Evaristo López-Tejeda; Ana Liliana Lazo  Rivera; Wilson Huanca-Mamani; Pablo Valladares-Faúndez; Juan J. Morrone; José Cerdeña; Juan C. Chaparro; Cristian S. Abdala

doi:10.6620/ZS.2021.60-23

An endemic and endangered new species of the lizard liolaemus montanus group from southwestern peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with a key for the species of the l. reichei clade

Aarón J. Quiroz, Ling Huamaní-Valderrama, Roberto C. Gutiérrez, Álvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigin, Evaristo López-Tejeda, Ana Liliana Lazo Rivera, Wilson Huanca-Mamani, Pablo Valladares-Faúndez, Juan J. Morrone, José Cerdeña, Juan C. Chaparro, Cristian S. Abdala

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Abstract

The southwestern Andes of Peru harbor a hidden taxonomic diversity of reptiles. We describe a new species of Liolaemus Wiegmann (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from xerophytic environments of the southwestern slopes of the Andes of Peru, 2,400– 2,900 m asl. The new species, previously considered to be a population of L. insolitus Cei, exhibits unique diagnostic characters of morphology, scalation and color pattern, and molecular evidence that suggest that it belongs in the Liolaemus montanus species group and the L. reichei clade. Moreover, the species is endemic to the eastern slopes of La Caldera batholith in the Department of Arequipa, southern Peru. We also provide information on the conservation status of the species and suggest it be included in the IUCN red list of the threatened species as endangered (EN). A key for the species of the L. reichei clade is provided.

Original language	English
Article number	23
Journal	Zoological Studies
Volume	60
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2021.60-23
State	Published - 2021

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Funding Information:
This work and the new species name were registered with ZooBank under urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:68FF41D3-7488-4354-9515-62D42D44DD26. We are grateful to the staff of Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa (MUSA), Museo de Biodiversidad del Per? (MUBI), Sonia Kretzschmar and Esteban Lavilla of Fundaci?n Miguel Lillo (FML) and C?sar Aguilar Puntriano (Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) for allowing the review of specimens from the museum collections under their care. We thank to Jackie Farf?n, Maria Gracia Lozada, Jefferson Bedregal, Moises Mamani and Luis Arapa for their support in the field work. We are grateful to Steffany C?rdenas Ninasivincha for your support in laboratory molecular analysis. AJQ, RCG and ELT thank Horacio Zeballos for encouraging the study of this lizard species. WHM thanks to ?Convenio de Dempe?o Regional UTA1795? and ?UTA1799?. The first author would like to thank the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa for financial support through the contract number TP 01-2019-UNSA.

Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: This work and the new species name were registered with ZooBank under urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:68FF41D3-7488-4354-9515-62D42D44DD26. We are grateful to the staff of Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa (MUSA), Museo de Biodiversidad del Perú (MUBI), Sonia Kretzschmar and Esteban Lavilla of Fundación Miguel Lillo (FML) and César Aguilar Puntriano (Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) for allowing the review of specimens from the museum collections under their care. We thank to Jackie Farfán, Maria Gracia Lozada, Jefferson Bedregal, Moises Mamani and Luis Arapa for their support in the field work. We are grateful to Steffany Cárdenas Ninasivincha for your support in laboratory molecular analysis. AJQ, RCG and ELT thank Horacio Zeballos for encouraging the study of this lizard species. WHM thanks to “Convenio de Dempeño Regional UTA1795” and “UTA1799”. The first author would like to thank the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa for financial support through the contract number TP 01-2019-UNSA.

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© 2021 Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

Keywords

Arequipa
L. insolitus
Lizards
Phylogeny
Taxonomy

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Quiroz, A. J., Huamaní-Valderrama, L., Gutiérrez, R. C., Aguilar-Kirigin, Á. J., López-Tejeda, E., Lazo Rivera, A. L., Huanca-Mamani, W., Valladares-Faúndez, P., Morrone, J. J., Cerdeña, J., Chaparro, J. C., & Abdala, C. S. (2021). An endemic and endangered new species of the lizard liolaemus montanus group from southwestern peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with a key for the species of the l. reichei clade. Zoological Studies, 60, Article 23. https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2021.60-23

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An endemic and endangered new species of the lizard liolaemus montanus group from southwestern peru (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with a key for the species of the l. reichei clade

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