Kentropyx vanzoi
| Kentropyx vanzoi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Kentropyx |
| Species: | K. vanzoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Kentropyx vanzoi & Dixon, 1980
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Kentropyx vanzoi, also known commonly as Gallagher's kentropyx, is a species lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is endemic to South America.
Etymology[]
The specific name, vanzoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Paulo Vanzolini.[1]
Geographic range[]
K. vanzoi is found in Bolivia (Santa Cruz Department) and Brazil (Mato Grosso state).[2]
Reproduction[]
References[]
- ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Kentropyx vanzoi, p. 273).
- ^ a b Kentropyx vanzoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 July 2019.
Further reading[]
- , Dixon JR (1980). "A New Lizard (Sauria: Teiidae: Kentropyx) from Brasil". Copeia 1980 (4): 616–620. (Kentropyx vanzoi, new species).
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- Kentropyx
- Reptiles described in 1980
- Taxa named by Daniel Stephen Gallagher, Jr.
- Taxa named by James R. Dixon
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