A new species of <i>Cnemidophorus</i> of the <i>lacertoides</i> species group from the eastern sierras de Córdoba, Central Argentina (Lacertilia, Teiidae)

A new taxonomic status may be supported by significant morphological characters for the populations of the <i>Cnemidophorus lacertoides</i> species group scattered on the eastern embossments of the Sierras de Córdoba, from Tolumba to the Punilia department. The northermost Argentine popu...

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Autores principales: Cei, José Miguel Alfredo María, Martori, Ricardo
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Publicado: 1991
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/87079
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Sumario:A new taxonomic status may be supported by significant morphological characters for the populations of the <i>Cnemidophorus lacertoides</i> species group scattered on the eastern embossments of the Sierras de Córdoba, from Tolumba to the Punilia department. The northermost Argentine populations of <i>Cnemidophorus lacertoides</i> Duméril & Bibrón 1839 may be indicated for the Achiras hills west of Rio Cuarto northwards. Beyond the Sierra of Tolumba a dry, Chacoan area, widely colonized by <i>Cnemidophorus ocellifer</i>, appears as an extensive ecological barrier separating our <i>Cnemidophorus</i> sp. nov. from the northernmost populations of <i>Cnemidophorus lacertoides</i> reported by Peracca as <i>C. leachei</i> (1897).