Pristidactylus alvaroi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Leiosauridae |
| Genus: | Pristidactylus |
| Species: | P. alvaroi
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| Pristidactylus alvaroi (Donoso-Barros, 1975)
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Pristidactylus alvaroi, commonly known as Alvaro's anole or Alvaro's lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae. The species is endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion within Chile.
Etymology
The specific name, alvaroi, is in honor of Álvaro Donoso-Barros who is the son of the the describer of this species.[2]
References
- ^ "Pristidactylus alvaroi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
Sources
- Hogan, C. Michael, & World Wildlife Fund (2013). Chilean Matorral. Ed. Mark McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Pristidactylus alvaroi . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
Further reading
- Donoso-Barros R (1975). "Neuvos reptiles y anfibios de Chile ". Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepción 48: 217-229. (Cupriguanus alvaroi, new species, pp. 221-224, Figures 3-5). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
- Etheridge R, Williams EE (1985). "Notes on Pristidactylus (Squamata: Iguanidae)". Breviora (483): 1-18. (Pristidactylus alvaroi, new combination, p. 13).