Liolaemus ditadai is a rare liolaemid lizardoriginally described from Salinas Grandes salt-pans flat,in the border between Cordoba and Catamarca Provincein central Argentina. Only a few specimens of this speciesare known. Here, we present a new record that result ina significant extension of the known distribution of thespecies, which is currently considered to be restricted toa small area in Salinas Grandes. In addition, we commenton previous records of the species in central Argentina.Fil: Avila, Luciano Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales; ArgentinaFil: Perez, Cristian Hernan Fulvio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales; ArgentinaFil: Cacciali, Pier. Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum; Alemania. Guyra Paraguay; Paragua

Avila, Luciano Javier

Cacciali, Pier

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Liolaemus ditadai is a rare liolaemid lizard originally described from Salinas Grandes salt-pans flat, in the border between Cordoba and Catamarca Province in central Argentina. Only a few specimens of this species are known. Here, we present a new record that result in a significant extension of the known distribution of the species, which is currently considered to be restricted to a small area in Salinas Grandes. In addition, we comment on previous records of the species in central Argentina

Luciano Ávila

Cristian Pérez

Pier Cacciali

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 Check List  |  www.biotaxa.org/cl Volume 11 | Number 4 | Article 1710 1Check List the journal of biodiversity dataNew record of Liolaemus ditadai Cei, 1983 (Squamata, Liolaemidae) from Santiago del Estero province, ArgentinaLuciano Javier Ávila1*, Cristian Hernán Fulvio Pérez1 and Pier Cacciali2, 31 Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de Ecosistemas Continentales, Centro Nacional Patagónico, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (IPEEC-CENPAT-CONICET), Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, U9120ACD, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina2 Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt a. M., Germany3 Guyra Paraguay, Av. Cnel. Carlos Bóveda, Parque Asunción Verde, Viñas Cué, Paraguay* Corresponding author. E-mail: chfperez@cenpat-conicet.gob.arAbstract: Liolaemus ditadai is a rare liolaemid lizard originally described from Salinas Grandes salt-pans flat, in the border between Cordoba and Catamarca Province in central Argentina. Only a few specimens of this species are known. Here, we present a new record that result in a significant extension of the known distribution of the species, which is currently considered to be restricted to a small area in Salinas Grandes. In addition, we comment on previous records of the species in central Argentina.Key words: Liolaemus ditadai, Liolaemini, Santiago del Estero, ArgentinaThe lizard Liolemus ditadai belongs to the L. anomalus species group, which is composed by seven species (L. acostai, L. anomalus, L. ditadai, L. lentus, L. millcayac, L. pipanaco and L. pseudoanomalus) that occur only in Argentina (Abdala and Juarez Heredia 2013). Liolae-mus ditadai is a rare and poorly known species (Fig-ure 1A) characterized by its stout body shape, robust head, short tail and legs, dark cryptic coloration, eyelid scales developed and low number of precloacal pores (Cei 1983; Abdala and Juarez Heredia 2013). The type locality of L. ditadai is “Salinas Grandes”, located 4 km from the border between Cordoba and Catamarca (Cei 1983). Later, Abdala (2007b) reported this species 270 km east of the type locality, in the southeast corner of Santiago del Estero province, based on a female speci-men deposited at Museo Argentino de Ciencias Natu-rales. The voucher specimen is badly preserved, which makes identification difficult, and further fieldwork is necessary to confirm the presence of this species in that area (Abdala et al. 2012; Abdala and Juarez He-redia 2013). References about Liolaemus ditadai in the literature are few (Cei 1983, 1993; Abdala 2007a, 2007b; Abdala and Juarez Heredia 2013), because it is a diffi-cult species to find (cryptic coloration and inconspicu-ous behavior) and apparently occurs only in some very specific habitat types, as salty margins of salt-pan lakes (Cei 1983; Abdala and Juarez Heredia 2013). Only Check List 11(4): 1710, 7 August 2015 doi:  http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1710ISSN 1809-127X © 2015 Check List and Authors41117107 August 2015Figure 1. A: Liolaemus ditadai, adult male (LJAMM-CNP 16568) from Sali-nas de Ambargasta, Santiago del Estero, Argentina. B: A general view of the locality were Liolaemus ditadai was found.Notes oN GeoGraphic DistributioN Check List  |  www.biotaxa.org/cl Volume 11 | Number 4 | Article 1710 2Avila et al.  |  Liolaemus ditadai in Santiago del Estero, Argentinaa few specimens are known: the type series (Cei 1983) of 12 specimens is deposited in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina (MLP), Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP) and Jose M. Cei Diagnos-tic Collection (JMC-DC now deposited at Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina). And other specimens are distributed in other collections: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (possibly four specimens; Ab-dala 2007b), Fundación Miguel Lillo (two specimens; Abdala and Juárez Heredia 2013) and Centro Nacional Patagónico (six specimens; Appendix 1).On 19 November 2014, during a fieldwork at Salinas de Ambargasta, Department Ojo de Agua, Santiago del Estero Province, central Argentina (28°53′35″ S, 063°58′39.9″ W), two individuals of L. ditadai were found active between 16:40–17:00 h, along the borders of a muddy road connecting National Road Figure 2. Known localities for Liolaemus ditadai: Red star: new record for Liolaemus ditadai. Black star: type locality (Cei 1983) and localities cited by Abdala and Juarez Heredia (2013). White star: collection locality for specimens in LJAMM-CNP (LJAMM-CNP 16568-9) and MACN collections (Genise pers. comm.) in Santiago del Estero Province. Locality cited by Abdala (2007) and Abdala and Juarez-Heredia (2013) is not show. Grey lines: main national roads, blue line: Saladillo River, brown: main mountain ranges and black dot mark Catamarca city for reference. Insert: area in South America.Table 1. Standard measurements and scale counts of two specimens adult males of Liolaemus ditadai Cei 1983. Measurements are in mm and scale in numbers.LJAMM-CNP 16568 LJAMM-CNP 16569Snout-Vent Length 70.08 71.68Axilla–groin distance 31.97 34.96Head length 15.97 17.42Head width 14.31 14.11Head high 9.79 9.9Foot length 15.51 14.86Tibial length 12.71 13.14Arm length 18.07 17.31Scales Around Midbody 68 63Dorsal Scales 84 86Ventral scales 79 77Fourth toe lamellae 23 22Supralabial Scales 9 8Infralabial scales 7 6Cloacal pores 4 4 Check List  |  www.biotaxa.org/cl Volume 11 | Number 4 | Article 1710 3Avila et al.  |  Liolaemus ditadai in Santiago del Estero, Argentina9 at Rio Saladillo village and Salinas village, on the southern side of Saladillo River, 1 km east of National Road 9 (Figure 1B). Road borders were covered with vegetation typical of saltpan flats of the region, such as Heterostachys ritteriana and Allenrolfea patagonica. The basic information for this species is scarce, thus we took some basic morphometric data (usually recorded in Liolaemus genus), presented on Table 1. We identified the specimens based on the descriptions provided by Cei (1993) and Abdala and Juárez Heredia (2013). In addition, the identification was confirmed by Juan Carlos Acosta (Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina).Collected specimens were deposited in the herpeto-logical collection LJAMM-CNP of the Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT-CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Chu-but, Argentina (Appendix 1).The present note provides the first record for Liolaemus ditadai in Salinas de Ambargasta (Figure 2), extending its known distribution ca. 120 km north of the type-locality in Cordoba Province (Cei 1983), and 230 km northwest from the unique locality known for Santiago del Estero Province (Abdala 2007, but see remarks in Abdala et al. 2012 and Abdala and Juarez Heredia 2013).Liolaemus ditadai is considered a rare species and its conservation status was reported as Threatened, since very little information on its ecological requirements or biological characteristics are known, and the specimens are justa few and from a very small area (Abdala et al. 2012; Abdala and Juarez Heredia 2013). The present record provides an important contribution to the knowledge of the geographic distribution of Liolaemus ditadai.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSWe thank M. Morando and J.W. Sites Jr. for fund support for field trips. Additional support was obtained from an FONCYT-PICT 0784-2011 grant (issued to L.J. Avila).LITERATURE CITEDAbdala, C.S. 2007a. Phylogeny of the boulengeri group (Iguania: Liolaemidae, Liolaemus) based on morphological and molecular characters. Zootaxa 1538: 1–84. Abdala, C.S. 2007b. Estatus de Liolaemus ditadai Cei 1983 (Iguania: Liolaemidae) y ampliación de su rango de distribución. Cuadernos de herpetología, 21(1): 59–63. http://www.aha.org.ar/es/cuadherpetol/estatus-de-liolaemus-ditadai-cei-1983-iguania-liolaemidae-y-ampliacion-de-su-rango-de-distribucion.html Abdala, C.S., J. L. Acosta, J. C. Acosta, B. Álvarez, F. Arias, L.J. Avila, G. Blanco, M. Bonino, J. Boretto, G. Brancatelli, M. F. Breitman, M. Cabrera, S. Cairo, V. Corbalán, A. Hernando, N. Ibargüengoytia, F. Kakoliris, A. Laspiur, R. Montero, M. Morando, N. Pellegrin, C. H. F. Pérez, S. Quinteros, R. Semhan, M. E. Tudesco, L. Vega and S. M. Zalba. 2012. Categorización del estado de conservación de los lagartos de la República Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetología 26(S1): 215–248. http://www.aha.org.ar/es/cuadherpetol/pdf/categorizacion-del-estado-de-conservacion-de-las-lagartijas-y-anfisbenas-de-la-republica-argentina.html Abdala, C.S. and V.B. Juarez Heredia. 2013. Taxonomia y filogenia de un grupo de lagartos amenazados: el grupo de Liolaemus anomalus (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Cuadernos de Herpetología 27(2): 109–153. http://www.aha.org.ar/es/cuadherpetol/taxon om ia- y- filogenia-de-un-grupo-de-lagartos-amenazados-el-grupo-de-liolaemus-anomalus-iguania-liolaemidae.html Cei, J.M. 1983. Una nueva especie de Liolaemus anomalus de la región árida halófila de Salinas Grandes (Provincia de Cordoba, Argentina). Deserta 7: 172–178.Cei, J.M. 1993. Reptiles del noroeste, nordeste y este de la Argentina. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monografie 14: 949 pp.Authors’ contribution statement: LJA, CHFP and PC collected the specimens, processed and identified the material, and wrote the text.Received: 9 April 2015Accepted: 12 June 2015Academic editor: Pedro H. BernardoAppendix 1. Specimens examined and the locality where they were collected.Liolaemus ditadai. Argentina: Catamarca province: La Paz depatment: Ruta Nacional 157, 2 km NW empalme Ruta Nacional 60, Salinas Grandes (29°29ʹ48.5ʺ S, 64°55ʹ53.1ʺ W, 201 m above sea level): LJAMM-CNP 15622-15625. Santiago del Estero province: Ojo de Agua department: Salinas de Ambargasta, 0.5 km S Río Saladillo Ruta Nacional 9 (28°53ʹ35ʺ S, 063°58ʹ39.9ʺ W, 131 m above sea level): LJAMM-CNP 16568-16569. Check List  |  www.biotaxa.org/cl Volume 11 | Number 4 | Article 1710 4Avila et al.  |  Liolaemus ditadai in Santiago del Estero, Argentina

New record of Liolaemus ditadai Cei, 1983 (Squamata, Liolaemidae) from Santiago del Estero province, Argentina

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Liolaemus ditadai is a rare liolaemid lizard originally described from Salinas Grandes salt-pans flat, in the border between Cordoba and Catamarca Province in central Argentina. Only a few specimens of this species are known. Here, we present a new record that result in a significant extension of the known distribution of the species, which is currently considered to be restricted to a small area in Salinas Grandes. In addition, we comment on previous records of the species in central Argentina.</jats:p

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