Kentropyx calcarata

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| image2 = Kentropyx calcarata in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park - ZooKeys-246-051-g006-A.jpeg

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| genus = Kentropyx

| species = calcarata

| authority = Spix, 1825

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Kentropyx calcarata, commonly known as the striped forest whiptail, is a species of lizard endemic to South America.Kentropyx calcarata [http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Kentropyx&species=calcarata] at the Reptile Database.

Behavior

Kentropyx calcarata commonly participate in communal nesting. While no clear reasoning has been found, a recent study suggested that communally incubated eggs took up less water while also yielding larger offsprings.{{Cite journal|last=Filadelfo|first=Thiago|last2=Dantas|first2=Pedro Tourinho|last3=Ledo|first3=Roger Maia D.|date=2014-02-10|title=Evidence of a communal nest of Kentropyx calcarata (Squamata: Telidae) in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil|url=http://www.revistas.usp.br/phyllo/article/view/74027|journal=Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology|volume=12|issue=2|pages=143|doi=10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v12i2p143-146|issn=2316-9079|doi-access=free}}

Geographic range

The striped forest whiptail lives in the South American countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela and northeastern South American countries such as French Guiana and Suriname.

Parasites

Kentropyx calcarata specimens are sometimes plagued by the parasitic protist, Plasmodium lepidoptiformis.Telford SB Jr, Telford SB III. 2003. Rediscovery and redescription of Plasmodium pifanoi and description of two additional parasites of Venezuelan lizards. J. Parasitol. 89 (2): 362-368.

Kentropyx calcarata

Behavior

Geographic range

Parasites

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