Kentropyx altamazonica

Kentropyx altamazonica, also known commonly as the Cocha whiptail, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to South America.

Kentropyx altamazonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Kentropyx
Species:
K. altamazonica
Binomial name
Kentropyx altamazonica
(Cope, 1875)
Synonyms[2]
  • Centropyx altamazonicus
    Cope, 1875
  • Kentropyx williamsoni
    Ruthven, 1929
  • Kentropyx altamazonicus
    — J. Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970
  • Kentropyx altamazonica
    — Gallagher & Dixon, 1980

Geographic range

K. altamazonica is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of K. altamazonica is forest.[1]

Reproduction

K. altamazonica is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Calderón M, Perez P, Gagliardi G, Aparicio J, Avila-Pires TCS, Moravec J (2019). "Kentropyx altamazonica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44579671A44579678. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44579671A44579678.en. Downloaded on 06 January 2021.
  2. Kentropyx altamazonica at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 July 2019.

Further reading
  • Cope ED (1875). "Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon, and western Peru". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Second Series 8: 159–183. (Centropyx altamazonicus, new species, pp. 162–163).



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