Kentropyx

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[1]
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.[2]

Species

There are nine valid species in this genus (listed alphabetically by specific name).[2]

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. ^ a b 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 [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).



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