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List of Liolaemus species

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There are more than 225 described species in the genus Liolaemus, but the true number of species may be about double this number. Liolaemus is by far the largest genus of the liolaemid lizards, which are traditionally treated as subfamily Liolaeminae within the Iguanidae but more recently were proposed for upranking to full family Liolaemidae. The following species are recognised:

A Liolaemus abaucan Etheridge, 1993 Liolaemus abdalai Quinteros, 2012 Liolaemus absconditus Vega, Quinteros, Stellatelli, Bellagamba, Block & Madrid, 2018 Liolaemus acostai Abdala & Juárez-Heredia, 2013 Liolaemus albiceps Lobo & Laurent, 1995 Liolaemus alticolor Barbour, 1909 Liolaemus andinus Koslowsky, 1895 Liolaemus annectens Boulenger, 1901 Liolaemus anomalus Koslowsky, 1896 Liolaemus anqapuka Huamaní-Valderrama, Quiroz, Gutiérrez, Aguilar-Kirigin, Chaparro & Abdala, 2020 Liolaemus antonietae Troncoso-Palacios, Esquerré, Urra, Díaz, Castro-Pastene & Ruiz, 2018 Liolaemus antumalguen Ávila, Morando, D. Pérez & Sites, 2010 Liolaemus aparicioi Ocampo, Aguilar-Kirigin & Quinteros, 2012 Liolaemus arambarensis Verrastro, Veronese, Bujes & Martins Dias Filho, 2003 Liolaemus araucaniensis L. Müller & Hellmich, 1932 Liolaemus archeforus Donoso-Barros & Cei, 1971 Liolaemus atacamensis L. Müller & Hellmich, 1933 Liolaemus attenboroughi Sánchez, Morando & Ávila, 2023 Liolaemus audituvelatus (Núñez & Yáñez, 1983) Liolaemus aureum Díaz-Vega, Maldonado & Demangel, 2018 Liolaemus austromendocinus Cei, 1974 Liolaemus avilae Breitman, Parra, C. Pérez & Sites, 2011 Liolaemus azarai Ávila, 2003

B Liolaemus baguali Cei & Scolaro, 1983 Liolaemus balagueri Villegas-Paredes, Huamaní-Valderrama, Luque-Fernández, Gutiérrez, Quiróz & Abdala, 2020 Liolaemus balerion Quinteros, Ruiz-Monachesi & Abdala, 2019 Liolaemus basadrei Valladares-Faúndez, León, Chipana, Navarro Guzmán, Ignacio-Apaza, Musaja, Langstroth, Aguilar-Kirigin, Gutierrez & Abdala, 2021 Liolaemus bellii Gray, 1845 Liolaemus bibronii Bell, 1843 Liolaemus bitaeniatus Laurent, 1984 Liolaemus boulengeri Koslowsky, 1898 Liolaemus brizuelai Fernández, Abdala, Ruiz-Monachesi, Semham & Quinteros, 2021 Liolaemus buergeri Werner, 1907 Liolaemus burmeisteri Ávila, C. Perez, Medina, Sites & Morando, 2012

C Liolaemus calchaqui Lobo & Kretzschmar, 1996 Liolaemus calliston Ávila, C. Perez, Minoli, Medina, Sites & Morando, 2017 Liolaemus canqueli Cei, 1975 Liolaemus caparensis Breitman, C. Pérez, Parra, Morando, Sites & Ávila, 2011 Liolaemus capillitas Hulse, 1979 Liolaemus carlosgarini Esquerre, Nunez & Scolaro, 2013 Liolaemus casamiquelai Ávila, C. Perez, Morando & Sites, 2010 Liolaemus cazianiae Lobo, Slodki & Valdecantos, 2010 Liolaemus chacabucoense Núñez & Scolaro, 2009 Liolaemus chacoensis Shreve, 1948 Liolaemus chaltin Lobo & Espinoza, 2004 Liolaemus chavin Aguilar, Wood, Cusi, Guzman, Huari, Lundberg, Mortensen, Ramí, Robles, Suárez, Ticona, Vargas, Venegas & Sites, 2013 Liolaemus chehuachekenk Ávila, Morando & Sites, 2008 Liolaemus chiliensis (Lesson, 1830) Liolaemus chillanensis Müller & Hellmich, 1932 Liolaemus chiribaya Aguilar-Puntriano, Ramírez, Castillo, Mendoza, Vargas & Sites Jr., 2019 Liolaemus chlorostictus Laurent, 1993 Liolaemus chungara Quinteros, Valladares, Semham, Acosta, Barrionuevo & Abdala, 2014 Liolaemus cinereus Monguillot, Cabrera, Acosta & Villavicencio, 2006 Liolaemus coeruleus Cei & Ortiz-Zapata, 1983 Liolaemus confusus Núñez & Pincheira-Donoso, 2006 Liolaemus constanzae Donoso-Barros 1961 Liolaemus crandalli Ávila, Medina, C. Perez, Sites & Morando, 2015 Liolaemus cranwelli (Donoso-Barros, 1973) Liolaemus crepuscularis Abdala & Diaz Gómez, 2006 Liolaemus cristiani Núñez, Navarro & Loyola, 1991 Liolaemus curicensis Müller & Hellmich, 1938 Liolaemus curis Núñez & Labra, 1985 Liolaemus cuyanus Cei & Scolaro, 1980 Liolaemus cuyumhue Ávila, Morando, D. Perez & Sites, 2009 Liolaemus cyaneinotatus Martinez, Ávila, C. Perez, D. Perez, Sites & Morando, 2011 Liolaemus cyanogaster (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)

D Liolaemus darwinii Bell, 1843 Liolaemus diaguita Abdala, Quinteros, Arias, Portelli & Palavecino, 2011 Liolaemus dicktracyi Espinoza & Lobo, 2003 Liolaemus disjunctus Laurent, 1990 Liolaemus ditadai Cei, 1983 Liolaemus donosobarrosi (Cei, 1974) Liolaemus dorbignyi Koslowsky, 1898 Liolaemus duellmani Cei, 1978 Liolaemus dumerili Abdala, Semhan, Moreno Azocar, Bonino, Paz & Cruz, 2012

E Liolaemus eleodori Cei, Etheridge & Videla, 1985 Liolaemus elongatus Koslowsky, 1896 Liolaemus erguetae Laurent, 1995 Liolaemus erroneus (Núñez & Yáñez, 1983) Liolaemus escarchadosi Scolaro, 1997 Liolaemus espinozai Abdala, 2005 Liolaemus etheridgei Laurent, 1998 Liolaemus evaristoi Gutierrez, Chaparro, Vasquez, Quiroz, Aguilar-Kirgin & Abdala, 2018 Liolaemus exploratorum Cei & Williams, 1984

Liolaemus fabiani Yáñez & Núñez, 1983 Liolaemus famatinae Cei, 1980 Liolaemus fittkaui Laurent, 1986 Liolaemus fitzgeraldi Boulenger, 1899 Liolaemus fitzingerii (Duméril & Bibron, 1873) Liolaemus flavipiceus Cei & Videla, 2003 Liolaemus forsteri Laurent, 1982 Liolaemus foxi Núñez, Navarro & Veloso, 2000 Liolaemus frassinettii Núñez, 2007 Liolaemus fuscus Boulenger, 1885

G Liolaemus galactostictos Ávila, Vrdoljak, Medina, Massini, C. Pérez, Sites & Morando, 2021 Liolaemus gallardoi Cei & Scolaro, 1982 Liolaemus gardeli Verrastro, Maneyro, Da Silva & Farias, 2017 Liolaemus goetschi Müller & Hellmich, 1938 Liolaemus gracielae Abdala, Acosta, Cabrera, Villavicencio & Marinero, 2009 Liolaemus gracilis (Bell, 1843) Liolaemus gravenhorstii (Gray, 1845) Liolaemus griseus Laurent, 1984 Liolaemus grosseorum Etheridge, 2001 Liolaemus gununakuna Ávila, Morando, C. Perez & Sites, 2004

H Liolaemus hajeki Núñez, Pincheira-Donoso & Garín, 2004 Liolaemus halonastes Lobo, Slodki & Valdecantos, 2010 Liolaemus hatcheri Stejneger, 1909 Liolaemus hauthali Abdala, Díaz Gómez & Langstroth, 2021 Liolaemus heliodermis Espinoza, Lobo & Cruz, 2000 Liolaemus hellmichi Donoso-Barros, 1975 Liolaemus hermannunezi Pincheira-Donoso, Scolaro & Schulte, 2007 Liolaemus huacahuasicus Laurent, 1985 Liolaemus huayra Abdala, Quinteros & Espinoza, 2008 Liolaemus hugoi Bulacios-Arroyo, Semhan, Paz, Chafrat & Abdala, 2021

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