Kentropyx
| Kentropyx | |
|---|---|
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| Kentropyx calcarata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Kentropyx Spix, 1825[1] |
| Species | |
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9 species, see text. | |
Kentropyx is a genus of whiptail lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus is endemic to South America including Trinidad and Barbados. There are nine valid species in this genus.[2]
Species
Listed alphabetically.[2]
- Kentropyx altamazonica (Cope, 1876) - Cocha whiptail
- Kentropyx borckiana (W. Peters, 1869) – Guyana kentropyx
- Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825 – Striped forest whiptail
- Kentropyx lagartija Gallardo, 1962 - Tucuman whiptail
- Kentropyx paulensis (Boettger, 1893) – Boettger's kentropyx
- Kentropyx pelviceps (Cope, 1868) – Forest whiptail
- Kentropyx striata (Daudin, 1802) - Surinam striped whiptail
- Kentropyx vanzoi Gallagher & Dixon, 1980 – Gallagher's kentropyx
- Kentropyx viridistriga (Boulenger, 1894) – Green kentropyx
References
Further reading
- Spix JB. 1825. Animalia nova sive species nova lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII – MDCCCXX jussu et auspicius Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. iv + 26 pp. + Plates I- XXVIII. (Genus Kentropyx, p. 21).
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