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Kentropyx paulensis (BOETTGER, 1893)

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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Boettger's Kentropyx
Portuguese: Calango, Calanguinho 
SynonymCentropyx paulensis BOETTGER 1893
Kentropyx paulensis — BURT & BURT 1931
Kentropyx paulensis — PETERS et al. 1970: 152
Kentropyx paulensis — GALLAGHER & DIXON 1992: 142
Kentropyx paulensis — HARVEY et al. 2012 
DistributionS Brazil (Goias, Minas Gerais, SE Mato Grosso, Sao Paulo, Mato E Grosso do Sul, S Tocantins, SW Bahia), Bolivia

Type locality: São Paulo, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 11672 (formerly 5341a) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. Distinguished from striata and borckiana by mostly small dorsal scales at midbody, that gradually increase in size from the ventrals to the midbody line, rather than enlarged dorsals meeting small lateral granules; distinguished from vanzoi by 15-22 femoral pores, rather than 8-11; distinguished from viridistriga by a narrow middorsal stripe that extends from the parietal region of the head, branching near the forelimbs of adults, and forming two stripes that gradually separate and then coalesce at the base of the tail, rather than a solid middorsal band that extends from the parietal region, widening posteriorly, reaching its greatest width midway between the axilla and groin, and then gradually narrowing until reaching its most posterior point near the base of the tail; distinguished from altamazonica, calcarata and pelviceps by three to four distinct dorsolateral light stripes (per side) rather than zero to two, and by scales of the rump comparable in size, not smaller than the supracaudals. (Gallagher & Dixon 1992: 142)


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CommentDistribution: See map in Oliviera-Drummond et al. 2014 and Gallagher & Dixon 1992: 144 (Fig. 8). Probably in Bolivia (fide LANGSTROTH 2005). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality (São Paulo); Gallagher & Dixon 1992 speculate that the name may be derived from the Latin word paulus, meaning small and the Latin word ens, meaning the condition, in reference to the smallness of the species relative to most other Kentropyx. 
References
  • Araujo, Cybele O.; Fábio Maffei, Décio T. Corrêa, Guilherme M. Moya, Bruno T. M. Nascimento, Selma Maria A. Santos 2014. Lizards from Estação Ecológica de Santa Bárbara, a remnant of Cerrado in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Check List 10 (5): 1038-10 - get paper here
  • Boettger, Oskar 1893. Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. I. Teil (Rhynchocephalen, Schildkröten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, Chamäleons). [type catalogue] Gebrüder Knauer, Frankfurt a. M., x + 140 pp. - get paper here
  • Bressan, Paulo Magalhães; Maria Cecília Martins Kierulff, Angélica Midori Sugieda (eds.) 2009. FAUNA AMEAÇADA DE EXTINÇÃO NO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO: VERTEBRADOS. São Paulo: Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo: Secretaria do Meio Ambiente, 2009. - get paper here
  • Dos Santos RM, Pellegrino KC, Rodrigues MT, Yonenaga-Yassuda Y. 2007. Banding patterns and chromosomal evolution in five species of neotropical Teiinae lizards (Squamata: Teiidae). Genetica 131(3): 231-40 - 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
  • 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
  • Langstroth, R.P. 2005. Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana 1 (1): 101-128
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  • Oliveira-Drummond, Leandro de, António Jorge do Rosário Cruz, Henrique Caldeira Costa, Caryne Aparecida de Carvalho Braga1549-1554 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 - get paper here
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  • Ramalho, Werther Pereira; Vinícius Guerra Batista; Luciano Roberto Passos Lozi 2014. Anfíbios e répteis do médio rio Aporé, estados de Mato Grosso do Sul e Goiás, Brasil. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 9 (3): 147-160; doi: 10.4013/nbc.2014.93.04 - get paper here
  • Valdujo, Paula Hanna; Cristiano de Campos Nogueira; Leandro Baumgarten; Flavio Henrique Guimarães Rodrigues; Reuber Albuquerque Brandão; André Eterovic; Mário Barroso Ramos-Neto; Otavio A. V. Marques 2009. Squamate Reptiles from Parque Nacional das Emas and surroundings, Cerrado of Central Brazil. Check List 5 (3): 405–417 - get paper here
  • Vaz-Silva, W. et al. 2007. Herpetofauna, Espora Hydroelectric Power Plant, state of Goiás, Brazil. Check List 3 (4): 338-345 - 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
  • Zaher, Hussam; Fausto Erritto BarboI; Paola Sanchez Martínez; Cristiano Nogueira; Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues; Ricardo Jannini Sawaya 2011. Répteis do Estado de São Paulo: conhecimento atual e perspectivas. Biota Neotropica, 11 (1): 1–15. - get paper here
 
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