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Kentropyx

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Kentropyx
Kentropyx calcarata
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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. There are nine valid species in this genus.[2]

Species

Listed alphabetically.[2]

References

  1. ^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. ^ a b Kentropyx, The Reptile Database

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. (Genus Kentropyx, p. 21).