Liolaemus chillanensis Müller & Hellmich, 1932

Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Scolaro, J. Alejandro & Sura, Piotr, 2008, A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania), Zootaxa 1800, pp. 1-85 : 22

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6789337
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6789369
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scientific name	Liolaemus chillanensis Müller & Hellmich
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Liolaemus chillanensis Müller & Hellmich View in CoL

Liolaemus monticola chillanensis Müller & Hellmich 1932c: 183 .

Content: Two subspecies restricted to central-southern and southern Chile. In a recent study, PincheiraDonoso & Núñez (2005) recognized these two taxa as geographical populations of Liolaemus chillanensis , providing full species category to L. monticola . In the same work, Pincheira-Donoso & Núñez (2005) suggested that L. chillanensis chillanensis and L. chillanensis villaricensis might be a single taxon ( L. chillanensis ) with no clear limits to be considered formal subspecies. Both populations not only exhibit substantial overlap of phenotypic traits, but also appear to have continuous geographical ranges. Therefore, their status need to be studied in more detail in order to determine their, if any, phylogenetic boundaries (see also Pincheira-Donoso 2003b).

References

Muller, L. & Hellmich, W. (1932 c) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Herpetofauna Chiles. IV. Liolaemus monticola, ein weiterer neuer Rassenkreis aus den Hochanden Chiles. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 99, 177 - 192.

Pincheira-Donoso, D. (2003 b) Sistematica y biogeografia de Liolaemus altissimus araucaniensis Muller y Hellmich de Chile, y sus vinculaciones con la taxonomia de Liolaemus monticola chillanensis y Liolaemus monticola villaricensis (Iguania: Tropiduridae: Liolaeminae). Noticiario Mensual Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile, 352, 1 - 8.

Pincheira-Donoso, D. & Nunez, H. (2005) Las especies chilenas del genero Liolaemus (Iguania, Tropiduridae, Liolaeminae). Taxonomia, sistematica y evolucion, Publicacion Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile, Santiago, 486 pp.