Kentropyx viridistriga (BOULENGER, 1894)

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Higher Taxa	Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Green Kentropyx Portuguese: Calango, Calanguinho, Calanguinho-de-Listras-Verdes
Synonym	Centropyx viridistriga BOULENGER 1894: 343 Kentropyx viridistriga — HELLMICH 1960: 62 Kentropyx viridistriga — PETERS et al. 1970: 152 Kentropyx viridistriga — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999 Kentropyx viridistriga — HARVEY et al. 2012
Distribution	Paraguay, Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes), Brazil (Mato Grosso), Bolivia (Santa Cruz) Type locality: near Asunción, Paraguay
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Type: BMNH 1946.8.29.31 (and possibly additional specimens).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished from striata and borckiana by small dorsal scales at midbody that gradually increase in size from the ventral scutes to the midbody line, rather than enlarged dorsal scales and lateral granules demonstrating a distinct size demarcation along line of contact; from calcarata, pelviceps and altamazonica by three dorsolateral light stripes per side, rather than zero to two, and by scales of the rump comparable in size rather than being smaller than the supracaudals; distinguished from vanzoi by 17-27 femoral pores, rather than 8-11; distinguished from paulensis by a solid middorsal band originating at the parietal region, widening posteriorly, reaching its greatest width midway between axilla and groin, then gradually narrowing to the base of the tail, rather than a narrow middorsal stripe that extends posteriorly from the parietal region to the tail, branching near the forelimbs (of the adults) and forming two stripes that gradually separate and then coalesce at the base of the tail. (Gallagher & Dixon 1992: 156)
Comment	Synonymy: TEDESCO & CEI (1997) revalidated Kentropyx lagartija GALLARDO 1962 which was synonymized with K. viridistriga by GALLAGHER & DIXON 1992. Distribution. See map (Fig. 8) in Gallagher & Dixon 1992: 144.
References	AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238 - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1894. List of reptiles and batachians collected by Dr. T. Bohls near Asuncion, Paraguay. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 13: 342-348 - get paper here Cacciali, Pier; Norman J. Scott, Aida Luz Aquino Ortíz, Lee A. Fitzgerald, and Paul Smith 2016. The Reptiles of Paraguay: Literature, Distribution, and an Annotated Taxonomic Checklist. SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MUSEUM OF SOUTHWESTERN BIOLOGY, NUMBER 11: 1–373 - get paper here Cei, J.M. 2003. SPECIFIC SUPRAOCULAR SCUTELLATION PATTERNS AS SIGNIFICANT DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS: A TAXONOMIC INTER- AND INTRAGENERIC "FINGER-PRINT" IN LACERTILIA. Facena 19: 129-135 - get paper here Gallagher D S & Dixon J R. 1992. Taxonomic revision of the South American lizard genus Kentropyx Spix (Sauria, Teiidae). Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino 10 (1): 125-171 Gallardo, José M. 1969. Las especies de saurios (Reptilia) de la Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina, y consideraciones sobre su ecologia y zoogeografia. Neotropica 15 (47): 73-81 Gallardo,J.M. 1962. El género Kentropyx (Sauria, Teiidae) en la República Argentina. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 18: 243-345 Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here Grant, C. 1959. Herpetology of Barbados, B.W.I. Herpetologica 15 (2): 97-101 - get paper here HARVEY, MICHAEL B.; GABRIEL N. UGUETO & RONALD L. GUTBERLET, Jr. 2012. Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459: 1–156 - get paper here Hellmich, Walter 1960. Die Sauria des Gran Chaco und seiner Randgebiete. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (101): 1-131 Ortiz, Martín A.; Boretto, Jorgelina M.; Ibargüengoytía, Nora R. 2016. Reproductive biology of the southernmost Kentropyx lizard from the Wet Chaco of Corrientes, Argentina. The Herpetological Journal 26 (2): 119-130 - get paper here Pérez-Iglesias, Juan Manuel; Jofré, Laura E.; Rueda, Marta Patricia 2017. Primeros registros de la herpetofauna en dos areas naturales protegidas de la provincia de Santiago del Estero (Argentina). Cuad. herpetol. 32 (1): 49-57 - get paper here Strussman,C. & de Carvalho,M.A. 1998. New herpetological records for the state of Mato Grosso, western Brazil. Herpetological Review 29 (3): 183-185 - get paper here Tedesco M. E. and Cei J. M. 1997. Osteological research on the genus Kentropyx from Argentina and revalidation of the specific status for Kentropyx lagartija (Gallardo, 1962) (Squamata: Teiidae). Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino 15 (1): 231-240 Tedesco M. E.; Cei J. M.; Porcel, E. & Alvarez, B.B. 1994. Variabilidad poblacional en el género Kentropyx (Squamata, Teiidae) del norte argentino. Cuadernos de Herpetologia 8 (1): 83-86 - get paper here Tulli, M.J. & Scrocchi, G.J. 2005. Un caso de puesta comunal en Kentropyx lagartija (Squamata: Teiidae). Cuadernos de Herpetología 10 (1): 57-60 - get paper here Werneck, F.P., Giugliano, L.G., Collevatti, R.G. & Colli, G.R. 2009. Phylogeny, biogeography and evolution of clutch size in South American lizards of the genus Kentropyx (Squamata: Teiidae). Molecular Ecology 18: 262-278 - get paper here Zaracho, Víctor Hugo; Ingaramo, María del Rosario; Semhan, Romina Valeria; Etchepare, Eduardo; Acosta, José Luis; Falcione, Ana Camila; Álvarez, Blanca 2014. Herpetofauna de la Reserva Natural Provincial Isla Apipé Grande (Corrientes, Argentina). Cuad. herpetol. 28 (2): 153-160 - get paper here
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