Liolaemus goetschi Müller & Hellmich, 1938

Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Scolaro, J. Alejandro & Sura, Piotr, 2008, A monographic catalogue on the systematics and phylogeny of the South American iguanian lizard family Liolaemidae (Squamata, Iguania), Zootaxa 1800, pp. 1-85 : 50

Liolaemus goetschi Müller & Hellmich

Liolaemus goetschi Müller & Hellmich 1938b: 130 (type locality: Quele Cura or Sierra Colorada, about 50 km NE Telsen, Chubut Province, Argentina; see Cei & Scolaro 2003); Hellmich 1960: 39; Donoso-Barros 1970a: 183; Cei 1975a: 199; Blair et al. 1976: 4; Cei & Scolaro 2003: 163; Scolaro 2005: 37; Abdala 2007: 44.

Liolaemus melanops Etheridge 1993: 139 (in part), 1995: 34 (in part), 2000: 331 (in part); Etheridge & Espinoza 2000: 7 (in part); Sura 2005: 429 (in part).

Liolaemus fitzingeri melanops Cei & Scolaro 1977a: 225 ; Vanzolini 1986: 14 (in part).

Liolaemus melanops melanops Cei & Scolaro 1983a: 15 ; Cei 1986: 210 (in part); Vanzolini 1986: 15 (in part); Laurent 1992: 31 (in part); Vega & Bellagamba 1994: 142.

Observations: The nomenclatural history of this species is highly controversial. In early studies, Cei & Scolaro (1977a, 1983a) placed this taxon into the synonymy of L. melanops (see Etheridge & Espinoza et al. 2000). However, in a recent work, Cei & Scolaro (2003) provided evidence to support the idea that L. goetschi is a valid species independent from L. melanops (see Abdala 2007). See also comments provided below for Liolaemus martorii .