Liolaemus puna

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Liolaemidae
Genus: Liolaemus
Species: Liolaemus puna

Name

Liolaemus puna Lobo & Espinoza, 2004: 857

• Holotype: FML 1364, adult ♂, collected by E. Terán and O. Pagaburo between 9–11 January 1983.
• Type locality: “Quebrada Los Berros, approximately 5 km east of Olacapato, Departamento Los Andes, Provincia de Salta, Argentina (24°08.35’S, 66°42.05’W; approximately 4200 m)”.

Synonyms

• Liolaemus barbarae Pincheira-Donoso & Núñez, 2005: 201 [synonymised by Lobo, Espinoza & Quinteros (2010: 6)]

References

Primary references

• Lobo, F. & Espinoza, R.E. 2004. Two New Liolaemus from the Puna Region of Argentina and Chile: Further Resolution of Purported Reproductive Bimodality in Liolaemus alticolor (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Copeia 2004(4): 850–867. DOI: 10.1643/CH-03-241R1 Reference page. 
• Pincheira-Donoso, D. & Núñez, H. 2005. Las especies chilenas del género Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania: Tropiduridae: Liolaeminae). Taxonomía, sistemática y evolución. Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile 59: 1–486. PDF Reference page. 
• Lobo, F., Espinoza, R.E. & Quinteros, S. 2010. A critical review and systematic discussion of recent classification proposals for liolaemid lizards. Zootaxa 2549(1): 1–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2549.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Aguayo, R., Aparicio, J., Abdala, S., Nunez, H., Valladares, P., Ruiz de Gamboa, M. & Espejo, P. 2015. IUCN: Liolaemus puna  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T56091642A56091647. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T56091642A56091647.en. Accessed on 07 October 2025.