Liolaemus ortizi, Laurent, 1982

Liolaemus ortizi clade

This clade is composed of eight terminals, of which only two correspond to described species: Liolaemus ortizi Laurent, 1982 and Liolaemus thomasi Laurent, 1998 . All other terminals correspond to populations of uncertain taxonomic status ( Fig. 3 View Figure 3 ). This group of lizards as characterized by their medium size and low numbers of scales, not exceeding 65 around the midbody, 70 dorsals and 85 ventrals. Dorsal scales of the body and limbs are strongly keeled and imbricate. This clade is supported by two continuous characters, four lepidosis characters and one colour character. In hypotheses where K = 3–15, the L. ortizi clade is recovered without L. aff. multiformis and related to L. huacahuasicus where K = 3–8. In the remaining TEHs, the same composition and topology is recovered as in the proposed hypothesis. The L. ortizi group is distributed in high regions of central and southeastern Peru ( Fig. 4 View Figure 4 ).