Two new lizards with 'heroic past' discovered in the Chilean Andes
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 12:51
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Two new species of lizards have been discovered in the Andean highlands of Southern Chile. Collected from areas of heroic past, both small reptiles were named after courages tribal chiefs who have once fought against colonial Spaniards in the Arauco war. The study, conducted by a team of Chilean scientists, is published in the open access journal ZooKeys.