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Urostrophus gallardoi ETHERIDGE & WILLIAMS, 1991

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Higher TaxaLeiosauridae (Enyaliinae), Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymUrostrophus gallardoi ETHERIDGE & WILLIAMS 1991
Urostrophus vautieri BOULENGER 1902 (part.)
Urostrophus gallardoi — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Urostrophus gallardoi — CARVALHO et al. 2023 
DistributionNW 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).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MACN 11043 (= Mus. Argent. Cien. Nat.), J. Crespo, collector; paratypes: MACN 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: see ETHERIDGE & WILLIAMS 1991 for a map. 
EtymologyNamed 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 - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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
  • Dirksen, L. & De la Riva, I. 1999. The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography. Graellsia 55: 199-215 - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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
  • Werning, H. 2019. Die Herrscher des Waldes – baumbewohnende Leguane. Reptilia (Münster) 24 (138): 14-19 - get paper here
 
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