Kentropyx paulensis, also known commonly as Boettger's kentropyx and calango or calanguinho in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Kentropyx |
| Species: | K. paulensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Kentropyx paulensis (Boettger, 1893)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, paulensis, refers to the city of São Paulo, which is the type locality.[2]
Geographic range edit
K. paulensis is found in southern Brazil, in the states of Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Tocantins, and in the Distrito Federal.[1]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of K. paulensis is savanna.[1]
Description edit
K. paulensis may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.7 cm (3.0 in).[1]
Reproduction edit
K. paulensis is oviparous.[2] Average clutch size is four eggs.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Silveira AL et al. (18 authors) (2021). "Kentropyx paulensis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44579718A44579726.pt. Accessedon 12 June 2023. (in English and Portuguese).
- ^ a b c d Kentropyx paulensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 July 2019.
Further reading edit
- Boettger O (1893). Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. I. Teil. (Rhynchocephalen, Scholdkröten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, Chamäleons). Frankfurt am Main: Gebrüder Knauer. x + 140 pp. (Centropyx paulensis, new species, p. 73). (in German).
- Harvey MB, Ugueto GN, Gutberlet RL (2012). "Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)". Zootaxa 3459: 1–156. (Kentropyx paulensis, p. 128).
- Oliveira Drummond, Leandro de; Rosário Cruz, António Jorge de; Costa, Henrique Caldeira; Carvalho Braga, Caryne Aparecida de (2014). "New records of the teiid lizards Kentropyx paulensis (Boettger, 1893) and Tupinambis duseni Lönnberg, 1910 (Squamata: Teiidae) from the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil". Check List 10 (6): 1549–1554.
- Peters JA, Donoso-Barros R (1970). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians". Bulletin of the United States National Museum 297: v–viii + 1–293. (Kentropyx paulensis, new combination, p. 152). (in English, with an introduction in English and Spanish).
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