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Pristidactylus alvaroi (DONOSO-BARROS, 1975)

IUCN Red List - Pristidactylus alvaroi - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaLeiosauridae (Leiosaurinae), Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesG: Alvaros Grosskopfleguan 
SynonymCupriguanus alvaroi DONOSO-BARROS 1975: 221
Pristidactylus alvaroi — ETHERIDGE & WILLIAMS 1985
Pristidactylus alvaroi — LEHR 2002: 203
Pristidactylus alvaroi — CARVALHO et al. 2023 
DistributionC Chile, Peru ?

Type locality: Chile, Santiago, Cerro El Roble.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUC 827 (Mus. Univ. Concepción) 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS. Un lagarto grisáceo con cabeza voluminosa, cola comprimida, línea de escamas vertebral mayor, cuerpo con manchas negras. (Donoso-Barros 1975)


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EtymologyNamed after the son of the describer, Alvaro Donoso-Barros. 
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
  • Carrillo de Espinoza, Nelly & Icochea, Javier 1995. Lista taxonomica preliminar de los reptiles vivientes del Peru. Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural “Javier Prado”, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Serie A, Zoología (49): 1–27
  • 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
  • Demangel, Diego 2016. Reptiles en Chile. Fauna Nativa Ediciones, Santiago, 619 pp - 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
  • Donoso-Barros,R. 1975. Nuevos reptiles y anfibios de Chile. Bol. Soc. Biol. Concepcion 48 [1974]: 217-229 - get paper here
  • Lehr, E. 2002. Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Natur und Tier-Verlag (Münster), 208 pp. - get paper here
  • Paull,D.; WILLIAMS,E.E. & HALL,W.P. 1976. Lizard karyotypes from the Galápagos Islands: chromosomes in phylogeny and evolution. Breviora (441): 1-31 - get paper here
  • Reyes-Olivares, Claudio, Matías Faúndez, Daniela Torres-Benavides, Asiel Olivares & Sebastián Cáceres-Órdenes 2021. Descripción de una población de Pristidactylus alvaroi (Donoso Barros 1974) (Squamata, Leiosauridae) en Quebrada de Alvarado, Región de Valparaíso, Chile. Boletín Chileno de Herpetología 8: 55-59 - get paper here
 
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