Liolaemus multicolor, Koslowski, 1898

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 : 357

Liolaemus multicolor clade

This clade is composed of two described species ( L. multicolor Koslowski, 1898 and L. schmidti ) and one terminal from a population of uncertain taxonomic status ( L. aff. multicolor ) ( Fig. 3 ). These are medium-sized lizards (maximal SVL = 82 mm) with smooth, juxtaposed dorsal body scales, ≤ 85 scales around midbody and 100 ventrals, with the presence of blue scales on the dorsum, flanks and tail. These species inhabit the Puna of north-western Argentina, south-western Bolivia and north-eastern Chile ( Fig. 5 ). This clade is supported by one continuous character, one discrete character, five colour characters and 19 molecular characters (Supporting information, Table S1). This clade was recovered in all runs performed and in the hypotheses where K = 13–15. It is sister to the L. poecilochromus clade.

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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.