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- studied predation in Liolaemus altissimus, L. fuscus, L. lemniscatus, L. leopardinus. and L. monticola. 

 Lizards from higher elevations and those with saxicolous habits suffered higher predation. 



Medel, R., P. A. Marquet, and F. M. Jaksic. 1988. MicrohabiUt shifts of lizards under different contexts of sympatry: 

 a case study with South American Liolaemus. Oecologica 76: 567-569. 



- Liolaemus tenuis shifts to higher perches in the presence of L. pictus. 



Melville, J. and R. Swain. 1997. Spatial separation in two sympatric skinks, Niveoscincus microlepidotus and N. 



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p. 131-132 - cite Marquet et al. (1989) on habitat selection in Liolaemus. 

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condicion fisica de Sceloporus mucronatus (Sauria: Iguanidae) en la Sierra del Ajusco, Distrito Federal, Mexico. 



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p. 353 - cites Greene (1982) that ingestion of vegetation decreases when insects are more available in 

 Liolaemus. 

 Mertens, R. 1928. Die herpetologische Ausbeute der letzten Reise Dr. H. Rohde's nach Brasilien. Bl. Aquarien 



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p. 302 - mentions Liolaemus occipitalis from near Rio Grande do Sul. 

 Mertens, R. 1938. Bemerkungen iiber die brasilianischen Arten der Gattung L/o/aemws. Zoologischer Anzeiger 



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p. 220 - Liolaemus gleischi is a synonym of L. occipitalis; p. 221 - t.d. Liolaemus lutzae. 

 Mertens, R. 1956. Biologische Reiseskizzen aus Peru. II. In den Wiiste Perus. Natur und Volk (Frankfurt a.M.) 86 



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p. 320-321 - color pattern, habits, and photograph of Ctenoblepharys adspersa. 

 Meyer, D. L.. W. Graf, and U. V. Seydlitz Kurzbach. 1979. The role of integrators in maintaining activity assumed 



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246. 



- cite abnormal postures in Liolaemus. 



Meyer, F. A. A. 1795. Synopsis Reptilium, novam ipsorum sistens generum methodum Gottingensium huius ordinis 



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p. 217 - lists Cordylus paeluma, reference to Gmelin (1789). 

 Michaud, E. J. and J. R. Dixon. 1989. Prey items of 20 species of the Neotropical colubrid snake genus Liophis. 



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p. 41 - cites Lema et al. (1983) for Liolaemus occipitalis eaten by Liophis poecilogyrus pictostriatus. 

 Miles, D. B. 1994. Covariation between morphology and locomotor performance in sceloporine lizards. Pp. 205-235, 



in: L. J. Vitt and E. R. Pianka (eds.). Lizard ecology: historical and experimental perspectives. Princeton 



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- p. 210 and 231 - cites Jaksic et al. (1980) for lack of morphological correlates with ecological divergence in 

 Liolaemus. 



Milstead, W. W. 1956. A small collection of amphibians and reptiles from Argentina. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 

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- lists Liolaemus darwini from Buenos Aires area. 



Miranda. J. C. and J. C. Cavicchia. 1989. Cambios ultraestructurales de las uniones intercelulares (barrera 



hematotesticular) en lagartos preandinos durante el ciclo espermatogenico anual. Boletin de la Asociaci6n 



Herpetologica Argentina 5(3): 6. 

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p. 217 - t.d. Lucerta [sic] Palluma. 

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- Liolaemus gravenhorsti studied. 



Moody, S. M. 1983. The rectus abdominis muscle complex of the Lacertilia: terminology, homology, and assumed 

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