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Kentropyx calcarata

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Species of lizard

Kentropyx calcarata
in Brazil.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
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.

Behavior

Kentropyx calcarata commonly participate in communal nesting. While no clear reasoning has been found, a recent study suggested that communally incubated eggs took up less water while also yielding larger offsprings.

Geographic range

The striped forest whiptail lives in the South American countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela and northeastern South American countries such as French Guiana and Suriname.

Parasites

Kentropyx calcarata specimens are sometimes plagued by the parasitic protist, Plasmodium lepidoptiformis.

References

  1. ^ Kentropyx calcarata at the Reptile Database.
  2. Filadelfo, Thiago; Dantas, Pedro Tourinho; Ledo, Roger Maia D. (2014-02-10). "Evidence of a communal nest of Kentropyx calcarata (Squamata: Telidae) in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil". Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology. 12 (2): 143. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v12i2p143-146. ISSN 2316-9079.
  3. Telford SB Jr, Telford SB III. 2003. Rediscovery and redescription of Plasmodium pifanoi and description of two additional parasites of Venezuelan lizards. J. Parasitol. 89 (2): 362-368.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Kentropyx calcarata
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