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Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: C Chile, Peru ?
Type locality: Chile, Santiago, Cerro El Roble.

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Pristidactylus alvaroi

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Pristidactylus alvaroi 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, 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]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b Species Pristidactylus alvaroi at 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).

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Pristidactylus alvaroi: Brief Summary