Pristidactylus casuhatiensis (GALLARDO, 1968)
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| Higher Taxa | Leiosauridae (Leiosaurinae), Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Casuhatien Anole G: Kupfer-Grosskopfleguan |
| Synonym | Cupriguanus casuhatiensis GALLARDO 1968: 2 Pristidactylus casuhatiensis — ETHERIDGE 1976 Pristidactylus casuhatiensis — CEI 1993: 217 Pristidactylus casuhatiensis — CEI et al. 2004: 168 Pristidactylus casuhatiensis — CARVALHO et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Type locality: Sierra de La Ventana, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MACN 19743 (Mus. Argent. Cien. Nat.), paratypes: MACN, MCZ |
| Diagnosis | Unfortunately 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 2157 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Illustration: Iguana-Rundschreiben 23 (2) - Titelbild. |
| Etymology | Named after “Casuhati”, an indigenous name for the Sierra de la Ventana. |
| References |
- AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238 - 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
- Cei, J. M., J. A. SCOLARO & F. VIDELA 2001. The present status of Argentinean polychrotid species of the genus Pristidactylus and description of its southernmost taxon as a new species. Journal of Herpetology 35 (4): 597-605 - get paper here
- Etheridge,R. & WILLIAMS,E. 1985. Notes on Pristidactylus (Squamata: Iguanidae). Breviora (483): 1-18 - get paper here
- Gallardo,J.M. 1968. Dos nuevas expecies de Iguanidae (Sauria) de la Argentina. Neotropica Buenos Aires 14 (43): 1-8
- Mattison, Chris 2007. The New Encyclopedia of Snakes. Princeton University Press
- Varela, Esperanza Amalia 1999. Tipos de la colección herpetológica del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [type catalog] Iheringia, Sér. Zool., Porto Alegre (87): 57-74
- Winchell, S. 2010. Die Reptilien Argentiniens. Reptilia (Münster) 15 (83): 20-27 - get paper here
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