Kentropyx

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Kentropyx
Species (9): K. altamazonica – K. borckiana – K. calcarata – K. lagartija – K. paulensis – K. pelviceps – K. striata – K. vanzoi – K. viridistriga
Name

Kentropyx Spix, 1825: 21

Type species: Kentropyx calcaratus Spix, 1825, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Pseudameiva Fitzinger, 1826: 21

Type species Lacerta striata Daudin, 1802, by monotypy.

Trachygaster Wagler, 1830: 154

Type species Kentropyx calcaratus Spix, 1825.

Acanthopyga Gray, 1838: 278

Type species Lacerta striata Daudin, 1802, by monotypy
References
Primary references

Spix, J.B. von 1825. Animalia nova sive species nova lacertarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspicius Maximiliani Josephi I Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. J. B. de Spix (In Latin). T.O. Weigel: Lipsiae; F.S. Hübschmanni: Monachii. 26 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Harvey, M.B., Ugueto, G.N. & Gutberlet, Jr., R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459: 1–156. Preview Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Kentropyx . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 November 2018.

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]

Kentropyx altamazonica (Cope, 1876) – Cocha whiptail
Kentropyx borckiana (W. Peters, 1869) – Guyana kentropyx
Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825 – striped forest whiptail
Kentropyx lagartija Gallardo, 1962 – Tucuman whiptail
Kentropyx paulensis (Boettger, 1893) – Boettger's kentropyx
Kentropyx pelviceps (Cope, 1868) – forest whiptail
Kentropyx striata (Daudin, 1802) – Suriname striped whiptail
Kentropyx vanzoi Gallagher & Dixon, 1980 – Gallagher's kentropyx
Kentropyx viridistriga (Boulenger, 1894) – green kentropyx

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Kentropyx.
References

"Kentropyx ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.

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).