Kentropyx calcarata

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.[1]

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. [2]

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.[1]

Parasites

Kentropyx calcarata specimens are sometimes plagued by the parasitic protist, Plasmodium lepidoptiformis.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Kentropyx calcarata [1] 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.
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