Liolaemus erguetae, Laurent, 1995

Abdala, Cristian Simón, Quinteros, Andrés Sebastián, Semhan, Romina Valeria, Bulacios Arroyo, Ana Lucia, Schulte, James, Paz, Marcos Maximiliano, Ruiz-Monachesi, Mario Ricardo, Laspiur, Alejandro, Aguilar-Kirigin, Alvaro Juan, Gutiérrez Poblete, Roberto, Valladares Faundez, Pablo, Valdés, Julián, Portelli, Sabrina, Santa Cruz, Roy, Aparicio, James, Garcia, Noelia & Langstroth, Robert, 2020, Unravelling interspecific relationships among highland lizards: first phylogenetic hypothesis using total evidence of the Liolaemus montanus group (Iguania: Liolaemidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189 (1), pp. 349-377 : 358-359

Liolaemus erguetae clade

This clade is composed of five described species ( Liolaemus cazianiae Lobo et al., 2010a , Liolaemus erguetae Laurent, 1995 , Liolaemus islugensis Ortiz & Marquet, 1987 , Liolaemus molinai Valladares et al., 2002 and L.porosus ) and one terminal from a population of uncertain taxonomic status, L. aff. porosus ( Fig. 3 ). These lizards are of small to medium size (maximal

A. L. montanus group

B. L. chlorostictus clade

C. Unnamed node

D. L. andinus clade

E. Unnamed node

F. L. multicolor clade

G. Unnamed node

H. L. poecilochromus clade

I. Unnamed node

J. Node: L. erguetae clade + L. reichei clade

K. L. erguetae clade

L. L. reichei clade

M. Unnamed node

N. L. jamesi clade

O. Unnamed node

P. L. dorbignyi clade

Q. Unnamed node

R. Node: L. forsteri clade + L. ortizi clade S. L. forsteri clade

T. L. ortizi clade

U. Node: L. robustus clade + L. huacahuasicus clade

V. L. robustus clade

W. L. huacahuasicus clade

SVL = 77 mm), possessing smooth, juxtaposed dorsals, high counts of scales around the midbody (≤ 105), dorsals (≤ 100) and ventrals (≤ 105), presence of pores in the scales of the neck, venter, groin and tail, and the males generally have a yellow abdomen speckled with small dark spots. These species are distributed in north-western Argentina, south-western Bolivia and north-eastern Chile ( Fig. 5 ). This clade is supported by three continuous characters, eight discrete characters and two coloration characters (Supporting Information, Table S1). This clade was recovered in all hypotheses, with the same composition of terminals and topology and, in most cases, was found as sister to the L. reichei clade.

Figures

Figure 3. Total evidence hypothesis. Topology recovered by total evidence analysis under parsimony. Numbers below branches correspond to symmetric resampling.

Figure 5. Map showing distribution of the taxa members of the Liolaemus andinus, Liolaemus multicolor, Liolaemus poecilochromus and Liolaemus erguetae clades.