Pristidactylus alvaroi is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae. The species is endemic to the Chilean Matorral ecoregion within Chile.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Leiosauridae |
| Genus: | Pristidactylus |
| Species: | P. alvaroi
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| Pristidactylus alvaroi (Donoso-Barros, 1975)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, alvaroi, is in honor of Álvaro Donoso-Barros, the son of herpetologist Roberto Donoso-Barros, who first described the species in 1975.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of P. alvaroi is forest, at elevations of 1,000–2,200 m (3,300–7,200 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Avilés, R.; Espejo, P.; Garin, C.; Nunez, J.; Ortiz, J.C.; Sallabery, N.; Victoriano, P.; Vidal, M. (2017). "Pristidactylus alvaroi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T18170A69941266. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T18170A69941266.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b Species Pristidactylus alvaroi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pristidactylus alvaroi, p. 7).
Sources
edit- Hogan, C. Michael, & World Wildlife Fund (2013). Chilean Matorral. Ed. Mark McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
Further reading
edit- Donoso-Barros R (1975). "Neuvos reptiles y anfibios de Chile ". Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepción 48: 217–229. (Cupriguanus alvaroi, new species, pp. 221–224, Figures 3–5). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
- Etheridge R, Williams EE (1985). "Notes on Pristidactylus (Squamata: Iguanidae)". Breviora (483): 1–18. (Pristidactylus alvaroi, new combination, p. 13).
- Lehr E (2002). Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 208 pp. ISBN 978-3931587680. (Pristidactylus alvaroi, p. 203). (in German).