Kentropyx is a genus of whiptail lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus is endemic to South America including Trinidad and Barbados.

  • Kentropyx altamazonica <small>(Cope, 1876)</small> – Cocha whiptail
  • Kentropyx borckiana <small>(W. Peters, 1869)</small> – Guyana kentropyx
  • Kentropyx calcarata <small>Spix, 1825</small> – striped forest whiptail
  • Kentropyx lagartija <small>Gallardo, 1962</small> – Tucuman whiptail
  • Kentropyx paulensis <small>(Boettger, 1893)</small> – Boettger's kentropyx
  • Kentropyx pelviceps <small>(Cope, 1868)</small> – forest whiptail<!-- Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 15: 181 -->
  • Kentropyx striata <small>(Daudin, 1802)</small> – Suriname striped whiptail
  • Kentropyx vanzoi <small>Gallagher & Dixon, 1980</small> – Gallagher's kentropyx
  • Kentropyx viridistriga <small>(Boulenger, 1894)</small> – green kentropyx

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Kentropyx.

References

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (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 (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).