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Genus of lizards

Kentropyx
Kentropyx pelviceps (forest whiptail)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Subfamily: Teiinae
Genus: Kentropyx
Spix, 1825
Species

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.

Species

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

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

References

  1. "Kentropyx ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. ^ Kentropyx. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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 ", 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).


Taxon identifiers
Kentropyx


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