Kentropyx striata

Species of lizard

Kentropyx striata
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Kentropyx
Species:
K. striata
Binomial name
Kentropyx striata
(Daudin, 1802)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta striata
    Daudin, 1802
  • Centropyx striatus
    — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Kentropyx striatus
    — J. Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970
  • Kentropyx striata
    — Gallagher & Dixon, 1980

Kentropyx striata, known commonly as the striped whiptail, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Geographic range

K. striata is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.[2]

Habitat

The natural habitats of K. striata are savanna and inland freshwater wetlands.[1]

Reproduction

K. striata is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Calderón, M.; Ouboter, P.; Hoogmoed, M.; Murphy, J. (2019). "Kentropyx striata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44579747A44579754. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44579747A44579754.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Kentropyx striata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 July 2019.

Further reading

  • Avila-Pires TCS, Palheta GS, Silva MB, Sturaro MJ (2017). "Geographic Variation in Kentropyx striata (Reptilia: Teiidae): Can We Distinguish Between Isolated Populations?" South American Journal of Herpetology 12 (3): 224–235.
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Centropyx striatus, p. 340).
  • Daudin FM (1802). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Tome troisième. Paris: F. Dufart. 452 pp. (Lacerta striata, new species, pp. 247–250). (in French and Latin).
  • Harvey MB, Ugueto GN, Gutberlet RL Jr (2012). "Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)". Zootaxa 3459: 1–156.
Taxon identifiers
Kentropyx striata


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