Pristidactylus alvaroi

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Pristidactylus alvaroi is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae. The species is endemic to the Chilean Matorral ecoregion within Chile.

Etymology

The specific name, alvaroi, is in honor of Álvaro Donoso-Barros, the son of herpetologist Roberto Donoso-Barros, who first described the species in 1975.[1]

Habitat

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Reproduction

P. alvaroi is oviparous.[3]

References

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  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Pristidactylus alvaroi, p. 7).
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Sources

Further reading

  • 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. Template:ISBN. (Pristidactylus alvaroi, p. 203). (in German).


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