Kentropyx pelviceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Kentropyx
Species: Kentropyx pelviceps

Name

• Kentropyx pelviceps (Cope, 1868)

Holotype: ANSP 9556.

Type locality: “Napo or Upper Amazon of Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Centropyx pelviceps Cope, 1868: 98 [original combination]
• Kentropyx pelviceps — Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970: 152 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1868. An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 96–140. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Kentropyx pelviceps. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Forest Whiptail