Kentropyx altamazonica

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| image = Kentropyx altamazonica 205031129 (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = Amazonas, Brazil

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Calderón, M. |author2=Perez, P. |author3=Gagliardi, G. |author4=Aparicio, J. |author5=Avila-Pires, T.C.S. |author6=Moravec, J. |date=2019 |title=Kentropyx altamazonica |volume=2019 |page=e.T44579671A44579678 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44579671A44579678.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Kentropyx

| species = altamazonica

| authority = (Cope, 1875)

| synonyms = *Centropyx altamazonicus
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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.

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Geographic range

K. altamazonica is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.{{NRDB species|genus=Kentropyx|species=altamazonica|accessdate=1 July 2019}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of K. altamazonica is forest.

Reproduction

K. altamazonica is oviparous.

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Further reading

  • 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).

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altamazonica

Category:Reptiles of Bolivia

Category:Lizards of Brazil

Category:Reptiles of Colombia

Category:Reptiles of Ecuador

Category:Reptiles of Peru

Category:Reptiles of Venezuela

Category:Reptiles described in 1875

Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope

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