Pristidactylus alvaroi

Pristidactylus alvaroi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Leiosauridae
Genus: Pristidactylus
Species: P. alvaroi
Binomial name
Pristidactylus alvaroi
(Donoso-Barros, 1975)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cupriguanus alvaroi
    Donoso-Barros, 1975
  • Pristidactylus alvaroi
    — Etheridge & E. Williams, 1985

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

  1. "Pristidactylus alvaroi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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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