Kentropyx calcarata

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Kentropyx calcarata
Striped forest whiptails in Brazil.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
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]

Geographic range

The striped forest whiptail lives in the South American countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela and northeastern South American countries such as French Guyana and Suriname.[1]

Parasites

Kentropyx calcarata specimens are sometimes plagued by the parasitic protist, Plasmodium lepidoptiformis.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kentropyx calcarata at the Reptile Database.
  2. ↑ 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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