Phymaturus spurcus

Phymaturus spurcus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Liolaemidae
Genus: Phymaturus
Species: Phymaturus spurcus

Name

Phymaturus spurcus Barbour, 1921: 139

• Holotype: MCZ 14.791, adult ♂, collected by James L. Peters in 1920.
• Type locality: “Huanuluan, Rio Negro, Argentina”.

Synonyms

• Phymaturus excelsus Lobo & Quinteros, 2005: 148 [synonymised by Becker et al. (2019: 276)]
  • Holotype: MCN 1582, adult ♂, collected by L. Avila & M. Morando.
  • Type locality: “Ruta prov. 6, 1 km NW of Ojo de Agua, Dpto. Ñorquinco, Rio Negro, Argentina, 41°32’30”S; 69°51’33”W; 1141 m”.

• Phymaturus spectabilis Lobo & Quinteros, 2005: 149 [synonymised by Becker et al. (2019: 276)]
  • Holotype: MCN 1203, adult ♀, collected by C. Abdala, F. Lobo, I. Martínez Oliver, and S. Quinteros.
  • Type locality: “28 km south of Ingeniero Jacobacci, Rio Negro province, Argentine (on Provintial Road 6)”.

• Phymaturus agilis Scolaro, Ibargüengoytía & Pincheira-Donoso, 2008: 52 [synonymised with P. spectabilis by Lobo, Cruz & Abdala (2012: 22); with P. spurcus by Becker et al. (2019: 276)]
  • Holotype: MLP.R. 5343, adult ♂, collected by J.A. Scolaro and O.F. Tappari on 10 March 2006.
  • Type locality: “rocky tableland (41°25’40’’ S; 69°45’07’’ W; 1030 m elevation), neighbour Provincial road 6 south of Ingeniero Jacobacci, Rio Negro Province, Argentina”.

References

Primary references

• Barbour, T. 1921. On a small collection of reptiles from Argentina. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 34: 139–141. BHL
• Lobo, F. & Quinteros, S. 2005. A morphology-based phylogeny of Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) with the description of four new species from Argentina. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 45(13): 143–177. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492005001300001 Reference page. 
• Scolaro, J.A., Ibargüengoytía, N.R. & Pincheira-Donoso, D. 2008. When starvation challenges the tradition of niche conservatism: on a new species of the saxicolous genus Phymaturus from Patagonia Argentina with pseudoarboreal foraging behaviour (Iguania, Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 60(1): 48–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1786.1.4 Reference page. 
• Lobo, F., Cruz, F.B., Abdala, C.S. 2012. Multiple lines of evidence show that Phymaturus agilis Scolaro, Ibargüengoytía & Pincheira-Donoso, 2008 is a junior synonym of Phymaturus spectabilis Lobo & Quinteros, 2005. Cuadernos de Herpetología 26(1): 21–27. Online. Reference page. 
• Becker, L.A., Boretto, J.M., Cabezas-Cartes, F., Márquez, S., Kubisch, E., Scolaro, J.A., Sinervo, B. & Ibargüengoytía, N.R. 2019. An integrative approach to elucidate the taxonomic status of five species of Phymaturus Gravenhorst, 1837 (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185(1): 268–282. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly043 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Phymaturus spurcus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 November 2019.
• Abdala, S. 2016. IUCN: Phymaturus spurcus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T56251714A56251771. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56251714A56251771.en