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 | |
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| Amazonas, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Kentropyx |
| Species: | K. altamazonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Kentropyx altamazonica (Cope, 1875)
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Geographic range
editK. altamazonica is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of K. altamazonica is forest.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Kentropyx altamazonica at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 July 2019.
Further reading
edit- 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).