Kentropyx
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Kentropyx calcarata | |
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Kentropyx
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9 species, see text. |
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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)
- Kentropyx borckiana (W. Peters, 1869) – Guyana Kentropyx
- Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825 – striped forest whiptail
- Kentropyx lagartija Gallardo, 1962
- Kentropyx paulensis (Boettger, 1893) – Boettger's Kentropyx
- Kentropyx pelviceps (Cope, 1868) – forest Whiptail
- Kentropyx striata (Daudin, 1802)
- Kentropyx vanzoi Gallagher & Dixon, 1980 – Gallagher's Kentropyx
- Kentropyx viridistriga (Boulenger, 1894) – green Kentropyx
References
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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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