Browsing by Autor "Pablo Valladares Faúndez"

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    Chinchilla conservation vs. gold mining in Chile
    (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2022) Jaime E. Jiménez; Amy L. Deane; Luis F. Pacheco; E. F. Pavez; Jorge Salazar‐Bravo; Pablo Valladares Faúndez
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    Description and phylogeny of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) endemic to the south of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
    (Public Library of Science, 2019) Cristian Simón Abdala; Álvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigin; Romina Valeria Semhan; Ana Lucia Bulacios Arroyo; Julián Valdés; Marcos Maximiliano Paz; Roberto Gutiérrez; Pablo Valladares Faúndez; Robert Langstroth; James Aparicio
    The Liolaemus montanus group is a diverse group of lizards that ranges from central Peru to southwestern Mendoza, Argentina, including much of the Plurinational State of Bolivia ("Bolivia") and Chile. The species of this group mainly inhabit high elevation areas with cold temperatures. In the last years, several species of this group have been described, mostly in Argentina and Chile. In Bolivia, there are at least thirteen valid species belonging to the L. montanus group. In this study, we describe a new species of the L. montanus group with a marked endemism in the Cordillera de Sama of the Tarija Department, Bolivia, and a combination of unique character states that allows its formal description as a new species. The phylogenetic relationships based on analysis of 159 morphological characters suggest that it belongs to the L. montanus group, and that it is closest to Liolaemus pulcherrimus, which is found allopatrically in a small area of the Jujuy Province, Argentina. The multivariate analyses of 66 morphological characters support the phylogenetic relationships. Statistical analyses of inter-species comparisons of morphological characters are not considered the only methods due to the non-independence of some characters states among species; thus, a phylogenetic analysis is recommended. The detailed revision of specimens of the L. montanus group held in the collections of Bolivia is filling major geographic gaps and improving our understanding of the phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of this widely distributed group of South American lizards.