You are here » home › advanced search › search results › Pristidactylus valeriae

Pristidactylus valeriae (DONOSO-BARROS, 1966)

iNaturalist logo

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Pristidactylus valeriae?

Add your own observation of
Pristidactylus valeriae »

We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaLeiosauridae (Leiosaurinae), Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesG: Valeria-Grosskopfleguan 
SynonymUrostrophus valeriae DONOSO-BARROS 1966: 369
Cupriguanus valeriae — DONOSO-BARROS 1975
Pristidactylus valeriae — ETHERIDGE & WILLIAMS 1985
Pristidactylus valerie — TULLI et al. 2009 (in error)
Pristidactylus valeriae — CARVALHO et al. 2023 
DistributionC Chile

Type locality: Alhué, Chile  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: nondesignated (fide D. Frost, AMNH Pleurodonta catalog) 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3045 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Valeria, Donoso-Barros' fourth daughter. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Camousseigt, B. 2010. Ein Schutzprojekt für den Valeria-Großkopfleguan, Pristidactylus valeriae – mit Unterstützung der REPTILIA. Reptilia (Münster) 15 (85): 52-58 - get paper here
  • Carvalho, André L. G.; Alejandro Laspiur, Julia Klaczko, Luis Rolando Rivas, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Marco Aurélio de Sena & Ricardo Céspedes 2023. Total evidence phylogenetic analysis of Leiosauridae (Squamata) with focus on the ‘para-anoles’ and description of a new Urostrophus species from the Bolivian Andes. Systematics and Biodiversity, 21:1, 2200306, - get paper here
  • Castro-Pastene, Carlos & Alonso Salazar. 2016. Registro de actividad nocturna del Gruñidor de Valeria, Pristidactylus valeriae (Donoso-Barros 1966) (Squamata, Leiosauridae), en el cerro Poqui, Coltauco, Región de O’Higgins, Chile. Boletín Chileno de Herpetología. 3: 33. PDF - get paper here
  • Demangel, Diego 2016. Guía de Campo - Reptiles del centro sure de Chile. Corporación Chilena de la Madera, Concepción, Chile 187 pp. - get paper here
  • Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - get paper here
  • Donoso-Barros, R. 1966. Reptiles de Chile. Santiago: Univ. Chile, 458 + cxlvi pp.
  • Etheridge,R. & WILLIAMS,E. 1985. Notes on Pristidactylus (Squamata: Iguanidae). Breviora (483): 1-18 - get paper here
  • Lamborot M; Diaz N F 1987. A new species of Pristidactylus (Sauria: Iguanidae) from central Chile and comments on the speciation in the genus. Journal of Herpetology 21 (1): 29-37 - get paper here
  • Reyes-Olivares, C. and Labra, A. 2017. Emission of sounds by native lizards of Chile: the state of the art. Boletín Chileno de Herpetología. 4: 1-9 - get paper here
  • Tulli, M.J.; F.B. Cruz, A. Herrel, B. Vanhooydonck, V. Abdala 2009. The interplay between claw morphology and microhabitat use in neotropical iguanian lizards. Zoology 112 (5): 379-392 - get paper here
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:


Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator