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- The text discusses a diverse group of New World iguanid lizards found in southern South America, highlighting recent advancements in species-level diversity research.
- Significant focus has been placed on a name used for two coexisting species in central Chile, complicating their identification.
- The authors suggest analyzing the original description to clarify the true identity of these species, presenting morphological and molecular characteristics based on specific samples and clarifying previous taxonomic confusion.
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is a particularly species-rich radiation of New World iguanid lizards from southern South America. Thanks to intense systematic and taxonomic research, the knowledge on its species- level diversity has increased rapidly over the past several years. The species-complex has received considerable attention and a remarkable case is , a name that has been used for two different species that are sympatric in Termas de Chillán, central Chile. Since the holotype is lost, we propose that the first step to identify the true is through the analysis of the original description. Then we provide a morphological and molecular characterization of based on topotypes and a description of the taxon previously confused with it.
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