Pristidactylus alvaroi

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Pristidactylus alvaroi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Leiosauridae
Genus: Pristidactylus
Species:
P. alvaroi
Binomial name
Pristidactylus alvaroi
Synonyms [2]

Pristidactylus alvaroi is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae. The species is endemic to the Chilean Matorral ecoregion within Chile.

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Etymology

The specific name, alvaroi, is in honor of Álvaro Donoso-Barros, the son of herpetologist Roberto Donoso-Barros, who first described the species in 1975. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. alvaroi is forest, at elevations of 1,000–2,200 m (3,300–7,200 ft). [1]

Reproduction

P. alvaroi is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Avilés, R.; Espejo, P.; Garin, C.; Nunez, J.; Ortiz, J.C.; Sallabery, N.; Victoriano, P.; Vidal, M. (2017). "Pristidactylus alvaroi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T18170A69941266. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T18170A69941266.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Species Pristidactylus alvaroi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pristidactylus alvaroi, p. 7).

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