Kentropyx altamazonica

Kentropyx altamazonica
Amazonas, Brazil
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
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

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.

Colombia

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, T.C.S.; Moravec, J. (2019). "Kentropyx altamazonica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T44579671A44579678. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44579671A44579678.en . Retrieved 18 November 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 Series8: 159–183. (Centropyx altamazonicus, new species, pp. 162–163).