Kentropyx calcarata
| Kentropyx calcarata | |
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| Striped forest whiptails in Brazil. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Kentropyx |
| Species: | K. calcarata |
| Binomial name | |
| Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825 | |
Kentropyx calcarata, commonly known as the striped forest whiptail, is a species of lizard endemic to South America.[1]
Geographic range
The striped forest whiptail lives in the South American countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela and northeastern South American countries such as French Guyana and Suriname.[1]
Parasites
Kentropyx calcarata specimens are sometimes plagued by the parasitic protist, Plasmodium lepidoptiformis.[2]
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. (Kentropyx calcaratus, p. 21 + Plate XXII, Figure 2).
- Uetz P, Etzold T. 1996. "The EMBL/EBI Reptile Database". Herpetological Review 27 (4): 174-175.
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