**3. Results**

Below we describe three new species previously recognized as candidate species [2,3]. However, as candidate species without a formal description they probably will not ge<sup>t</sup> legal protection. Legal protection is afforded for taxa with scientific names in a formal species description. Once candidate species have names, they will be available and can be incorporated into local protected and international conservation lists. For this reason, we describe three new species of *Liolaemus* lizards and we hope in the near future they will be evaluated and be part of a conservation program if needed.
