# Kentropyx

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{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Kentropyx''
| image = Kentropyx pelviceps 319379797 (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = ''[Kentropyx pelviceps](/source/Kentropyx_pelviceps)'' (forest whiptail)
| taxon = Kentropyx
| authority = [Spix](/source/Johann_Baptist_von_Spix), 1825<ref>"''Kentropyx'' ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = [Species](/source/Species)
| subdivision = 9 species, ''see text.''
}}

'''''Kentropyx''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of whiptail lizards in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Teiidae](/source/Teiidae). The genus is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [South America](/source/South_America) including [Trinidad](/source/Trinidad) and [Barbados](/source/Barbados).<ref name="RDB"/>

==Species==
There are nine valid [species](/source/species) in this genus (listed alphabetically by [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology))).<ref name="RDB">[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Kentropyx&exact%5B0%5D=genus&submit=Search ''Kentropyx'']. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
*''[Kentropyx altamazonica](/source/Kentropyx_altamazonica)'' <small>([Cope](/source/Edward_Drinker_Cope), 1876)</small> – Cocha whiptail
*''[Kentropyx borckiana](/source/Kentropyx_borckiana)'' <small>([W. Peters](/source/Wilhelm_Peters), 1869)</small> – Guyana kentropyx
*''[Kentropyx calcarata](/source/Kentropyx_calcarata)'' <small>[Spix](/source/Johann_Baptist_von_Spix), 1825</small> – striped forest whiptail
*''[Kentropyx lagartija](/source/Kentropyx_lagartija)'' <small>[Gallardo](/source/%3Afr%3AJos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Alfonso_F%C3%A9lix_Gallardo), 1962</small> – Tucuman whiptail
*''[Kentropyx paulensis](/source/Kentropyx_paulensis)'' <small>([Boettger](/source/Oskar_Boettger), 1893)</small> – Boettger's kentropyx
*''[Kentropyx pelviceps](/source/Kentropyx_pelviceps)'' <small>(Cope, 1868)</small> – forest whiptail<!-- Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 15: 181 -->
*''[Kentropyx striata](/source/Kentropyx_striata)'' <small>([Daudin](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Marie_Daudin), 1802)</small> – Suriname striped whiptail
*''[Kentropyx vanzoi](/source/Kentropyx_vanzoi)'' <small>[Gallagher](/source/species%3ADaniel_Stephen_Gallagher_Jr.) & [Dixon](/source/James_R._Dixon), 1980</small> – Gallagher's kentropyx
*''[Kentropyx viridistriga](/source/Kentropyx_viridistriga)'' <small>([Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1894)</small> – green kentropyx

''[Nota bene](/source/Nota_bene)'': A [binomial authority](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Kentropyx''.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[Boulenger GA](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger) (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.&nbsp;339).
*[Spix JB](/source/Johann_Baptist_von_Spix) (1825). ''Animalia nova sive species nova lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII &ndash; MDCCCXX jussu et auspicius Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis.'' Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. iv + 26 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (''Kentropyx'', new genus, p.&nbsp;21). (in Latin).

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Category:Kentropyx
Category:Lizard genera
Category:Taxa named by Johann Baptist von Spix

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