Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Liolaemidae
Genus: Liolaemus
Species: Liolaemus chehuachekenk
Name
Liolaemus chehuachekenk Ávila, Morando & Sites, 2008
Type locality: Southwest slope of Calcatapul Mountains, Ruta Provincial 13, 8 km north of El Molle (42°10′S, 69°32′W, 900 m), Cushamen Department, Chubut Province, Argentina.
Holotype: MLP.S 2535, male, southwest slope of Calcatapul Mountains, Ruta Provincial 13, 8 km north of El Molle (42°10′S, 69°32′W, 900 m), Cushamen Department, Chubut Province, collected by L. J. Avila and C. H. F. Perez, 3 February 2003. Paratypes: MLP.S 2536, FML 1105–6, BYU 48202–3, same data as the holotype. LJAMM 5926–32, Ruta Provincial 13, 10 km north of El Molle (42°08′S, 69°32′W, 986 m), Cushamen Department, Chubut Province, collected by L. J. Avila and N. Frutos, 28 September 2004. LJAMM 5936–39, Ruta Provincial 50, 10 km north of El Escorial (43°00′S, 68°34′W, 817 m), Gastre Department, Chubut Province, collected by L. J. Avila and N. Frutos, 28 September 2004. LJAMM 5961–65, Ruta Provincial 49, 30 km south of Gastre (42°31′S, 69°12′W, 918 m), Gastre Department, Chubut Province, collected by L. J. Avila and N. Frutos, 28 September 2004.
Etymology: The specific name chehuachekenk comes from "Chehuache-Kenk", the name of one of the main subgroups of the Tehuelches aboriginal people that inhabited western Chubut, Rio Negro, and southern Neuquén Provinces.
References
Primary references
- Ávila, L.J., Morando, M. & Sites, J.W. Jr. 2008. New Species of the Iguanian Lizard Genus Liolaemus (Squamata, Iguania, Liolaemini) from Central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Herpetology 42(1): 186–196. DOI: 10.1670/06-244R2.1 Reference page.