We describe a new sexually monomorphic species of the Phymaturus patagonicus group, called Phymaturus katenke. It lives at about 800 m altitude on basaltic outcrops, in the central steppe of Chubut Province, Argentina. ...

Lizard populations are globally in decline due to several human-related threats, and the Patagonia region is not an exception to this problem. With more than 160 species, Patagonian lizards encompass a high percentage of ...

Knowledge of the history is necessary to understand why things are today as they are. Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia have a very interesting story about the native fauna and its discovery. The main character of this ...

Patagonia has a great diversity of lizards, including 6 families, 11 genera and 163 species. The majority of this diversity with documented geographical records corresponds to the Liolaemidae family (Phymaturus and Liolaemus). ...

One of the fundamental goals in macroecology is to understand the relationship among species’ geographic ranges, ecophysiology, and climate; however, the mechanisms underlying the distributional geographic patterns observed ...

The purpose of this application under Articles 23.9.3. and 81.2.3. of the Code, is to conserve the widely used specific name Vilcunia periglacialis Cei & Scolaro 1982, for a patagonian tropidurine lizard by giving it ...