Kentropyx Explained

Kentropyx is a genus of whiptail lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus is endemic to South America including Trinidad and Barbados.

Species

There are nine valid species in this genus (listed alphabetically by specific name).^[1]

• 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) – Suriname striped whiptail
• Kentropyx vanzoi Gallagher & Dixon, 1980 – Gallagher's kentropyx
• Kentropyx viridistriga (Boulenger, 1894) – green kentropyx

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Kentropyx.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II ... Teiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Genus "Centropyx [sic]", p. 339).
• 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, new genus, p. 21). (in Latin).

Notes and References

1. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Kentropyx&exact%5B0%5D=genus&submit=Search Kentropyx