| Higher Taxa | Leiosauridae (Enyaliinae), Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Urostrophus gallardoi ETHERIDGE & WILLIAMS 1991
Urostrophus vautieri BOULENGER 1902 (part.)
Urostrophus gallardoi — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999 |
| Distribution | NW Argentina (Cordoba, Jujuy, Tucumán, Chaco, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero),
S Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Tarija)
Type locality: Urundel, Dept. Oran. Prov. Salta, Argentina (23°43' S, 64°47' W).
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MACN = Mus. Argent. Cien. Nat. No. 11043, J. Crespo, collector. |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Distribution: see ETHERIDGE & WILLIAMS 1991 for a map. |
| Etymology | Named in honor of Jose Maria Gallardo, who first correctly distinguished Urostrophus from Cupriguanus = Pristidactylus and also briefly described the characteristics of the Argentine population. |
| References |
- AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Boulenger, George A. 1902. List of the fishes, batrachians, and reptiles collected by the late Mr. P. O. Simons in the Provinces of Mendoza and Cordova, Argentina. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 9 (53): 336-339 - get paper here
- Dirksen, L. & De la Riva, I. 1999. The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography. Graellsia 55: 199-215
- Etheridge, R; Williams E E 1991. A review of the South American lizard genera Urostrophus and Anisolepis (Squamata: Iguania: Polychridae). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool Harvard 152(5) 1991: 317-361 - get paper here
- Gasparini, João Luiz; Diogo Andrade Koski , and Pedro L.V. Peloso 2010. Reptilia, Squamata, Leiosauridae, Urostrophus vautieri Duméril and Bribon, 1837: Distribution extension, new state record, and geographic distribution map. Check List 6 (3): 432-433 - get paper here
- Kacoliris F.P.; Berkunsky I. & Williams J. 2006. Herpetofauna of Impenetrable, Argentinean Great Chaco. Phyllomedusa 5 (2): 149-158 - get paper here
- Tedesco, M. E. y B. B. Alvarez. 1992. Urostrophus gallardoi (IGUANIA: POLICHRIDAE) NUEVAS LOCALIDADES PARA ARGENTINA. Facena 9: 111-115. - get paper here
- Torres, S. E. 1996. Urostrophus gallardoi: Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review 27 (4): 212. - 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
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