Rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of Liolaemus lemniscatus Gravenhorst, 1838 (Reptilia, Squamata, Liolaemidae).
The presumed lost holotype of Liolaemus lemniscatus Gravenhorst, 1838 has been found at the Museum of Natural History of the University of Wrocław and identified by the individual pattern of head scales which matches Gravenhorst's drawing. The first detailed description of this specimen is provided.
Department of Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Vertebrates, University of Wroclaw, ul. Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland.
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Borczyk
Chile; Liolaemus; Squamata; holotype; redescription