Kentropyx

Kentropyx calcarata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

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): 1–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3459.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Kentropyx . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 November 2018.