Increasing knowledge of the denizens of saline environments through integrative taxonomy: new Argentinian endemic taxa ofLiolaemus(Iguania: Liolaemidae) and their evolutionary relationships

Living in extreme environments: distribution of Lycium humile (Solanaceae), an endemic halophyte from the Altiplano-Puna region, South America

“…In fact, L. humile is the characteristic species of an association and alliance described in Chile ( Luebert and Gajardo 2000 ). At the same time, the branches and leaves of L. humile provide material for the construction of shelters for rodents of the genus Ctenomys ( Rodentia , Ctenomyidae ), and food for lizards of the genus Liolaemus ( Squamata , Liolaemidae ), that feed on the berries, facilitating the dispersal and germination of seeds ( Abdala et al 2021 ). Other South American animals that feed on L. humile , e.g.…”

A new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from the hot deserts of northern Patagonia, Argentina

“…The genus Liolaemus Wiegmann 1834 is the third most diverse genus of all living tetrapods with 283 valid species (Abdala et al 2021a) and, thus, constitutes a very attractive study group of lizards for different disciplines of biology. Year after year, new species are being described throughout the distributional range of the genus which extends from central Peru, covering a large part of Bolivia, some regions of Paraguay, Uruguay and eastern Brazil, to Tierra del Fuego in Argentina and Chile (Aguilar- Puntriano et al 2019;Quinteros et al 2020;Chaparro et al 2020;Huamaní-Valderrama et al 2020;Abdala et al 2020Abdala et al , 2021bAvila et al 2021;Bulacio Arroyo et al 2021). These advances in the taxonomy of Liolaemus have improved our understanding of the ecology, systematics and biogeography, and conservation status of the genus (Abdala et al 2012a(Abdala et al , 2020Semhan 2015;Cruz et al 2010;Portelli & Quinteros 2018;Ruiz-Monachesi et al 2021).…”

“…Interestingly, environmental impact studies for mining and oil projects in many countries, has led to the discovery of new species of Liolaemus such as Liolaemus gracielae Abdala, Acosta, Cabrera, Villavicencio & Marinero, 2009(Martínez Carretero et al 2007Abdala et al 2009); L. cuyumhue Avila, Morando, Perez & Sites, 2009, L. crandalli Avila, Medina, Perez, Morando, Sites & Morando, 2015L. calliston Avila, Fulvio-Perez, Minoli, Medina, Sites & Morando, 2017(Ávila et al 2009; L. cazianiae Lobo, Slodki & Valdecantos, 2010; L. halonastes (Lobo et al 2010); L. qalaywa Chaparro, Quiroz, Mamani, Gutiérrez, Condori, De la Riva, Herrera-Juárez, Cerdeña, Arapa & Abdala, 2020(Chaparro et al 2020; L. salitrosus Abdala, Paz, Semhan, García, Aguilar-Kirigin, Farías, Valladares, Poblete, Quipildor, Valdes & Langstroth, 2021; L. kunza Abdala, Semhan & Paz, 2021(Abdala et al 2021b) and L. yauri Arapa-Aquino, Abdala, Huamaní-Valderrama, Gutiérrez, Sardinia, Quiroz & Chaparro, 2021(Arapa et al 2021.…”