Phymaturus

Phymaturus palluma

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Liolaemidae
Genus: Phymaturus
Species (50): P. aguanegra – P. aguedae – P. alicahuense – P. antofagastensis – P. bibronii – P. cacivioi – P. calcogaster – P. camilae – P. castillensis – P. ceii – P. curivilcun – P. darwini – P. delheyi – P. denotatus – P. desuetus – P. dorsimaculatus – P. etheridgei – P. extrilidus – P. felixi – P. fiambala – P. indistinctus – P. katenke – P. laurenti – P. loboi – P. mallimaccii – P. manuelae – P. maulense – P. nevadoi – P. niger – P. palluma – P. patagonicus – P. payuniae – P. punae – P. querque – P. rahuensis – P. robustus – P. roigorum – P. sinervoi – P. sitesi – P. somuncurensis – P. spurcus – P. tenebrosus – P. timi – P. tromen – P. verdugo – P. videlai – P. vociferator – P. williamsi – P. yachanana – P. zapalensis

Name

Phymaturus Gravenhorst, 1838: 749 [conserved name]

• Type species: Lacerta palluma Molina, 1782, by monotypy.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 2118 (2005).

References

Primary references

• Gravenhorst, J.L.C. 1838. Beiträge zur genauern Kenntniss einiger Eidechsengattungen. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 18: 712–784. BHL
• Etheridge, R. & Savage, J.M. 2003. Phymaturus Gravenhorst, 1837 and Lacerta palluma Molina, 1782 (currently Phymaturus palluma: Repilia, Sauria): proposed conservtion of usage of the names by designation of a neotype for Lacerta palluma Molina, 1782. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 60(1): 38–41. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2005. Opinion 2118 (Case 3225): Phymaturus Gravenhorst, 1837 and Lacerta palluma Molina, 1782 (currently Phymaturus palluma; Reptilia, Sauria): usage of the names conserved by the designation of a neotype for Lacerta palluma Molina, 1782. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 62(2): 116–117. Reference page. 
• Cei, J.M. & Scolaro, J.A. 2006. The neotype of the type species of the neotropical iguanian genus Phymaturus: a critical commentary on a recent opinion of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Zootaxa 1297(1): 17–22. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1297.1.2 Reference page. 
• Etheridge, R. & Savage, J.M. 2006. Stability restored to the name Phymaturus palluma: a response to Cei and Scolaro (2006). Herpetological Review 37(4): 406–407. PDF (385-418). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cei, J.M. & Castro, L.P. 1973. Taxonomic and serological researches on the Phymaturus patagonicus complex. Journal of Herpetology 7(3): 237–247. DOI: 10.2307/1563009 Reference page. 
• Cei, J.M. & Roig, V.G. 1975. A new lizard from the Sierra del Nevado Mountains, Central Argentina. Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 256. DOI: 10.2307/1563055 Reference page. 
• Etheridge, R. 1995. Redescription of Ctenoblepharys adspersa Tschudi, 1845, and the taxonomy of Liolaeminae (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates 3142: 1–34. hdl: 2246/3658 Reference page. 
• Cei, J.M. & Videla, F. 2003. A new Phymaturus species from volcanic cordilleran mountains of the south-western Mendoza province, Argentina (Liolaemidae, Iguania, Lacertilia, Reptilia). Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 20(2): 291–314. hdl: 10915/85385 . Reference page. 
• Scolaro, J.A. & Cei, J.M. 2003. Una excepcional nueva especie de Phymaturus de la Precordillera de Chubut, Argentina (Liolaemidae, Iguania, Lacertilia, Reptilia) (In Spanish). Facena 19: 107–112. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Pincheira-Donoso, D. 2004. Una nueva especie del género Phymaturus (Iguania: Tropiduridae: Liolaemini) del Centro-Sur de Chile (In Spanish). Multequina 13: 57–70. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Lobo, F. & Quinteros, S. 2005. Taxonomic studies of the genus Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae): Redescription of Phymaturus patagonicus Koslowsky 1898, and revalidation and redescription of Phymaturus spurcus Barbour 1921. Journal of Herpetology 39(4): 533–540. DOI: 10.1670/170-04A.1 Reference page. 
• Lobo, F. & Abdala, C.S. 2007. Descripción de una nueva especie de Phymaturus del grupo de P. palluma de la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina (In Spanish). Cuadernos de Herpetología 21(2): 103–113. Online Reference page. 
• Scolaro, J.A. & Ibargüengoytía, N.R. 2007. A new species of Phymaturus from rocky outcrops in the central steppe of Rio Negro province, Patagonia Argentina (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 1524(1): 47–55. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1524.1.4 Reference page. 
• Scolaro, J.A. & Ibargüengoytía, N.R. 2008. A new fragment for the understanding of the puzzling evolutive process of the Phymaturus genus: a new species of the patagonicus group from Patagonia, Argentina (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 1939(1): 38–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1939.1.4 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. 
• Scolaro, J.A. & Tappari, O.F. 2009. Una nueva especie del género Phymaturus del “grupo patagonicus” en los afloramientos rocosos del sudoeste de la provincia de Rio Negro, Patagonia Argentina (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemidae) (In Spanish). Naturalia Patagónica 4(2): 80–93. Full issue. Reference page. 
• Corbalán, V., Scolaro, J.A. & Debandi, G. 2009. A new species of the genus Phymaturus of the flagellifer group from central-western Mendoza, Argentina (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 2021(1): 42–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2021.1.3 Reference page. 
• Scolaro, J.A. & Pincheira-Donoso, D. 2010. Lizards at the end of the world: two new species of Phymaturus of the patagonicus clade (Squamata, Liolaemidae) revealed in southern Patagonia of Argentina. Zootaxa 2393(1): 17–32. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2393.1.2 Reference page. 
• Lobo, F., Abdala, C. & Valdecantos, S. 2010. Taxonomic Studies of the Genus Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae): Description of Four New Species. South American Journal of Herpetology 5(2): 102–127. DOI: 10.2994/057.005.0205 Reference page. 
• Núñez, H., Veloso, A., Espejo, P., Veloso, C., Cortés, A. & Araya, S. 2010. Nuevas especies de Phymaturus (grupo palluma) para la zona Cordillerana Central de Chile (Reptilia, Sauria, Liolaemidae) (In Spanish). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural 59: 41–74. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ávila, L.J., Pérez, C.H.F., Pérez, D.R. & Morando, M. 2011. Two new mountain lizard species of the Phymaturus genus (Squamata: Iguania) from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 2924(1): 1–21. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2924.1.1 Reference page. 
• Scolaro, J.A., Méndez-de la Cruz, F. & Ibargüengoytía, N.R. 2012. A new species of Phymaturus of the patagonicus clade (Squamata, Liolaemidae) from isolated plateau of southwestern Rio Negro Province, Argentina. Zootaxa 3451(1): 17–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3451.1.2 Reference page. 
• Troncoso-Palacios, J. & Lobo, F. 2012. A new species of Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) of the palluma group from Central Chile. Cuadernos de Herpetología 26(2): 69–78. Online. 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. 
• Lobo, F., Abdala, C. & Valdecantos, S. 2012. Morphological diversity and phylogenetic relationships within a South-American clade of iguanian lizards (Liolaemidae: Phymaturus). Zootaxa 3315(1): 1–41. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3315.1.1 Reference page. 
• Lobo, F., nenda, S.J. & Slodki, D. 2012. A New Lizard of Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Argentina. Herpetologica 68(1): 121–133. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00044.1 Reference page. 
• Lobo, F., Espinoza, R.E., Sanabria, E.A. & Quiroga, L.B. 2012. A New Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from the Southern Extreme of the Argentine Puna. Copeia 2012(1): 12–22. DOI: 10.1643/CH-11-086 Reference page. 
• Lobo, F., Laspiur, A. & Acosta, J.C. 2013. Description of new andean species of the genus Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Northwestern Argentina. Zootaxa 3683(2): 117–132. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.2.2 Reference page. 
• Scolaro, J.A., Jara, M. & Pincheira-Donoso, D. 2013. The sexual signals of speciation? A new sexually dimorphic Phymaturus species of the patagonicus clade from Patagonia Argentina. Zootaxa 3722(3): 317–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.3.2 Reference page. 
• Morando, M., Ávila, L.J., Pérez, C.H.F., Hawkins, M.A. & Sites Jr., J.W. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the lizard genus Phymaturus (Squamata, Liolaemini): implications for species diversity and historical biogeography of southern South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 694–714. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.019 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Troncoso-Palacios, J., Lobo, F., Etheridge, R., Acosta, J.C. & Laspiur, A. 2013. The rediscovery of Oplurus bibronii Guichenot, 1848 a valid species of the liolaemid genus Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 3652(5): 547–561. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.5.4 Reference page. 
• Ávila, L.J., Pérez, C.H.F., Minoli, I. & Morando, M. 2014. A new lizard of the Phymaturus genus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from Sierra Grande, northeastern Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 3793(1): 99–118. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.1.4 Reference page. 
• Troncoso-Palacios, J. & Esquerré, D. 2014. A new species of Phymaturus of the P. mallimaccii Group from the Andes of central Chile (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Phyllomedusa 13(1): 3–15. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v13i1p3-15 Reference page. 
• Lobo, F. & Nenda, S.J. 2015. Discovery of two new species of Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Patagonia, Argentina, and occurrence of melanism in the patagonicus group. Cuadernos de herpetología 29(1): 5–25. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Corbalán, V., Debandi, G., Scolaro, J.A. & Ojeda, A.A. 2016. DNA Barcoding of Phymaturus Lizards Reveals Conflicts in Species Delimitation within the patagonicus Clade. Journal of Herpetology 50(4): 654–666. DOI: 10.1670/15-104 Reference page. 
• Lobo, F., Barrasso, D.A., Hibbard, T. & Basso, N.G. 2016. On the evolution and diversification of an andean clade of reptiles: combining morphology and DNA sequences of the palluma group (Liolaemidae: Phymaturus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(3): 648–673. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12335 Reference page. 
• Marín, A.G., Pérez, C.H.F., Minoli, I., Morando, M. & Ávila, L.J. 2016. A new lizard species of the Phymaturus patagonicus group (Squamata: Liolaemini) from northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina. Zootaxa 4121(4): 412–430. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.4.3. Reference page. 
• Scolaro, J.A., Corbalán, V., Tappari, O.F. & Streitenberger, L.O. 2016. Lizards at the end of the world: a new melanic species of Phymaturus of the patagonicus clade from rocky outcrops in the northwestern steppe of Chubut province, Patagonia Argentina (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemidae). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural 65: 137–152. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lobo, F., Barrasso, D.A., Paz, M. & Basso, N.G. 2018. Phylogenetic relationships within a Patagonian clade of reptiles (Liolaemidae: Phymaturus) based on DNA sequences and morphology. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56(4): 549–569. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12221 Reference page. 
• Troncoso-Palacios, J., Ferri-Yáñez, F., Laspiur, A. & Aguilar, C. 2018. An updated phylogeny and morphological study of the Phymaturus vociferator clade (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 4441(3): 447–466. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.3.2 Reference page. 
• Hibbard, T.N., Nenda, S.J. & Lobo, F. 2019. A New Species of Phymaturus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from the Auca Mahuida Natural Protected Area, Neuquén, Argentina, Based on Morphological and DNA Evidence. South American Journal of Herpetology 14(2): 123–135. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00067.1 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. 
• Lobo, F., Hibbard, T., Quipildor, M. & Valdecantos, S. 2019. A New Species of Lizard Endemic to Sierra de Fiambalá, Northwestern Argentina (Iguania: Liolaemidae: Phymaturus). Integrated Taxonomy Using Morphology and DNA Sequences: Reporting Variation Within the antofagastensis Lineage. Zoological Studies 58: 20. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2019.58-20 Reference page. 
• Lobo, F., Barrasso, D.A., Hibbard, T., Quipildor, M., Slodki, D., Valdecantos, S. & Basso, N.G. 2021. Morphological and genetic divergence within the Phymaturus payuniae clade (Iguania: Liolaemidae), with the description of two new species. South American Journal of Herpetology 20(1): 42–66. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-18-00082.1 Reference page. 
• Scolaro, J.A., Corbalán, V., Obregón Streitenberger, L. & Tappari, O.F. 2021. Description of Phymaturus katenke, a new species of lizard (Iguania: Liolaemidae) discovered through DNA barcoding. North-Western Journal of Zoology 17(1): 57–64. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Phymaturus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 November 2021.
• Phymaturus – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
• Phymaturus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Rocky Lizards
español: Matuastos

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