Pristidactylus

Pristidactylus achalensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Leiosauridae
Subfamilia: Leiosaurinae
Genus: Pristidactylus
Species (10): P. achalensis – P. alvaroi – P. araucanus – P. casuhatiensis – P. fasciatus – P. nigroiugulus – P. scapulatus – P. torquatus – P. valeriae – P. volcanensis

Name

Pristidactylus Fitzinger, 1843: 16

• Type species: Leiosaurus fasciatus d’Orbigny, 1837, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Ptenodactylus Gray, 1845: 224 [as a subgenus of Leiosaurus]
  • Type species: Leiosaurus fasciatus d'Orbigny 1837, by monotypy.
• Cupriguanus Gallardo, 1964: 127 [synonymised by Etheridge (1976: 10)]
  • Type species: Cupriguanus achalensis Gallardo, 1964, by subsequent designation by Gallardo (1967: 56).

References

Primary references

• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman: London. xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Gallardo, J.M. 1964. Los generos Urostrophus D. et B. y Cupriguanus gen. nov. (Sauria, Iguanidae) y sus especies. Neotropica 10: 125–136.
• Gallardo, J.M. 1967. A proposito del genero Cupriguanus Gallardo (Sauria, Iguanidae). Neotropica 13(41): 56.

Additional references

• Etheridge, R.E. & Williams, E.E. 1985. Notes of Pristidactylus (Squamata: Iguanidae). Breviora 483: 1–18. BHL Reference page. 
• Cei, J.M., Scolaro, J.A. & Videla, F. 2001. The present status of Argentinean polychrotid species of the genus Pristidactylus and description of its southernmost taxon as a new species. Journal of Herpetology 35(4): 597–605. DOI: 10.2307/1565897 Reference page. 
• Cei, J.M., Scolaro, J.A. & Videla, F. 2004. An updated biosystematic approach to the leiosaurid genus Pristidactylus. Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 21(1): 159–191. PDF Reference page. 
• Morando, M., Olave, M., Ávila, L.J., Baker, E. & Sites, Jr., J.W. 2015. Molecular Phylogeny of the Lizard Clade Leiosaurae Endemic to Southern South America. Herpetologica 71(4): 322–331. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00067 Reference page. 
• Minoli, I. & Ávila, L.J. 2017. Conservation assessments in climate change scenarios: spatial perspectives for present and future in two Pristidactylus (Squamata: Leiosauridae) lizards from Argentina. Zootaxa 4237(1): 91–111. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pristidactylus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 October 2019.
• Pristidactylus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Pristidactylus – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).

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