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LIOLAEMUS 



L iolaemus alt ¡color walker! Shreve 



71845 L.[ iolaemus ] eleqans Tschud!, Arch, fur Naturg., 11 (l); 157' Type-locality; Peru; 



further specified as Ctiancay, Peru, by Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, 1846, Ji. 

 1538 L iolaemus walker i Shreve, Jour. Washington Acad. Sc ¡ . , 28: 404. Type-locality: 



Llocllapampa, Junin, Peru, about 10,000 ft. 

 1561 Liolaemus alticolor walkeri — Hellmich, Opuscula Zool., Zool. Staats Mus. MUnchen, '^8: 5» 

 1566 Liolaemus alticolor walkeri — Donoso-Barros, Reptiles de Chile: 201, col. pi. ly. 



Distribution: High Andean plateaus of Jun'n in Peru and Antofagasta in Chile. 



Comment: If the taxon eleqans Tschudi, 184$, is shown to be a valid synonym of this sub- 

 species, it will take priority over walkeri Shreve, 1538- 



LIOLAEMUS ALTISSIMUS MÜUer and Hellmich 



I860 Proctotretus modestas Philippi (preoccupied by modestus Tschudi, 1845), Reise durch die Wueste 



Atacama: I66. Type-locality: Provincia de Santiago, Chile. 

 1932 Liolaemus alt issimus MtJUer and Hellmich, Zool. Anz., 98: I97. Type-locality: Fierro Carrera, 



Río San Francisco, 2/00 m, near Cerro Plomo, Provincia Santiago, Chile. 



Distribution: Cordilleran regions from 32° to 42°, Chile and Argentina. 

 Content: Four subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies 



1. Lateral stripes present (Fig. 42) 2 



Lateral stripes absent alt iss imus 



2. Belly not black; fewer than 60 scales 



around m idbody 3 



Belly black (Fig, 43); more than 60 scales 

 around m idbody neuquens i s 



ig. 42. L.. a. neuquens is . dorsum Fig. 43. L 



3. Sides of body without black blotches; 



occipital band without red color 4 



Sides of body with black blotches (Fig. 



44); occipital band reddish-olive 



araucan iens i s 



4. Occipital band with rhomboidal spots not 



connected with vertebral line (Fig. 45) 



moradoens is 



Occipital band with transverse lines 

 connected with vertebral line (Fiq. 

 46) alt i ss imus 



Fig. 45. k- S.» moradoens i s 



Clave de subespecies 



1. Cintas laterales presentes( Fig. 42/ 2 



Cintas laterales ausentes alt iss imus 



2. Vientre no negro; menos de 60 escamas 



alrededor del medio del cuerpo 3 



Vientre negro;(Fig. 43); más de 60 escamas 

 al medio del cuerpo neuquens is 



^ ^ 



neuquens i s , venter Fig. 44. k» ^" araucan i ens i s 



3. Lados del cuerpo sin bloques negros; banda 



occipital sin color rojo 4 



Lados del cuerpo con bloques negros (Fig. 



44); banda occipital roja oliva 



araucan i ens i s 



4. Banda occipital con manchas romboidales no 



conectadas con línea vertebral (Fig. 45) — 



moradoens is 



Banda occipital con líneas transversales 

 conectadas con una línea vertebral (Fig. 

 46) alt i ss imus 



Fig. 46. \-_. a. alt i ss imus 



