Biology:Liolaemus

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Liolaemus
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Liolaemus tenuis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Liolaemidae
Genus: Liolaemus
Type species
Liolaemus nigromaculatus
Wiegmann, 1834
Subgenera
  • Liolaemus (Liolaemus)
  • Liolaemus (Eulaemus)

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 (45–100 millimetres or 1.8–3.9 inches snout–vent length) and weight (3–200 grams or 0.1–7.1 ounces).

Geographic range

Liolaemus species are found in the Andes and adjacent lowlands, from Peru to Tierra del Fuego,[2] at altitudes that can exceed 4,500 metres (14,800 ft).[3]

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.[4][5]

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.[3] 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".

References

  1. ↑ "Liolaemus Lizards". http://selectiondynamics.weebly.com/liolaemus-lizards.html. 
  2. ↑ Schulte, J. (January 2000). "Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (1): 75–102. doi:10.1006/bijl.1999.0346. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Olave, Melisa; Martinez, Lorena E.; 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". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61 (2): 381–391. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.006. PMID 21798358. http://siteslab.byu.edu/Portals/25/docs/Publications%202/Evidence%20of%20hybridization%20in%20Argentinean%20lizards.pdf. Retrieved 2012-10-08. 
  4. ↑ Duran, Fernando; Boretto, Jorgelina M.; Fernández, Jimena B.; Molina, Mora Ibáñez; Medina, Marlin S.; Ibargüengoytía, Nora R. (2019). "Impact of immunological state on eco-physiological variables in one of the southernmost lizards in the world". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 91 (4): e20190055. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201920190055. PMID 31778459. 
  5. ↑ Jaksic, Fabián M. (2022). "Historical account and current ecological knowledge of the southernmost lizard in the world, Liolaemus magellanicus (Squamata: Liolaemidae)". Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 95 (7). doi:10.1186/s40693-022-00112-y. https://revchilhistnat.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40693-022-00112-y. 
  6. ↑ Genus Liolaemus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  7. ↑ Abdala, Cristian Simón; Aguilar-Kirigin, Alvaro J.; Semhan, Romina Valeria; Bulacios Arroyo, Ana Lucia; Valdes, Julián; Paz, Marcos Maximiliano; Gutiérrez Poblete, Roberto; Valladares Faundez, Pablo et al. (2019-12-02). "Description and phylogeny of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) endemic to the south of the Plurinational State of Bolivia". PLOS One 14 (12): e0225815. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225815. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 31790476. Bibcode: 2019PLoSO..1425815A. 
  8. ↑ Abdala, Cristian S.; Paz, Marcos M.; Semhan, Romina V.; García, Noelia; Aguilar-Kirigin, Alvaro J.; Farías, María E.; Valladares, Pablo; Gutiérrez Poblete, Roberto et al. (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". Systematics and Biodiversity 19 (2): 135–167. doi:10.1080/14772000.2020.1844818. ISSN 1477-2000. 
  9. ↑ "A new species of the Liolaemus elongatus clade (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemini) from Cordillera del Viento, northwestern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina". Zootaxa 2667: 28–42. 2010. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2667.1.2. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02667p042f.pdf. 
  10. ↑ "Two new species of lizards from the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae) from southern Patagonia". Zootaxa 3120: 1–28. 2011. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3120.1.1. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03120p028f.pdf. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Solving the Liolaemus bibronii puzzle, an integrative taxonomy approach: redescription of L. bibronii and description of three new species (Iguania: Liolaemidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189 (1): 315–348. 2020. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz113. 
  12. ↑ "A new species of Liolaemus (Squamata, Iguania, Liolaemini) endemic to the Auca Mahuida volcano, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina". Zootaxa 3010: 31–46. 2011. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3010.1.3. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03010p046f.pdf. 
  13. ↑ Ávila, Luciano Javier; 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" (in en). Zootaxa 4903 (2): 194–216. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4903.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33757095. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4903.2.2. 
  14. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. ("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". Copeia 104 (2): 487–497. doi:10.1643/CH-15-381. 

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus "Liolæmus", p. 138).
  • Wiegmann AFA (1834). "Beiträge zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Siebente Abhandlung. Amphibien ". Nova Acta Physico-Medica, Academiae Caesare Leopoldino-Carolinae 17: 185-268 + Plates XIII-XXII. (Liolaemus, new genus, p. 227). (in German and Latin).

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1828757 entry



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