''Kentropyx striata'', known
commonly as the striped whiptail, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Teiidae. The species is
endemic
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to northern
South America
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.
Geographic range
''K. striata'' is found in
Brazil
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,
Colombia,
French Guiana
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,
Guyana,
Suriname
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,
Trinidad and Tobago
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, and
Venezuela
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.
Habitat
The natural
habitat
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s of ''K. striata'' are
savanna
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and inland freshwater
wetlands
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.
Reproduction
''K. striata'' is
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), a ...
.
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References
Further reading
* Avila-Pires TCS, Palheta GS, Silva MB, Sturaro MJ (2017). "Geographic Variation in ''Kentropyx striata'' (Reptilia: Teiidae): Can We Distinguish Between Isolated Populations?" ''South American Journal of Herpetology'' 12 (3): 224–235.
* Boulenger GA (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (''Centropyx striatus'', p. 340).
* Daudin FM (1802). ''Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Tome troisième.'' Paris: F. Dufart. 452 pp. (''Lacerta striata'', new species, pp. 247–250). (in French and Latin).
* Harvey MB, Ugueto GN, Gutberlet RL Jr (2012). "Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)". ''Zootaxa'' 3459: 1–156.
striata
Lizards of the Caribbean
Lizards of Brazil
Reptiles of Colombia
Reptiles of French Guiana
Reptiles of Guyana
Reptiles of Suriname
Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago
Reptiles of Venezuela
Reptiles described in 1802
Taxa named by François Marie Daudin
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