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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Striped Whiptail
Portuguese: Calango, Lagarto 
SynonymLacerta striata DAUDIN 1802: 247
Centropyx striatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 151
Centropyx decodon COPE 1862: 495
Centropyx Renggerii PETERS 1869: 63
Centropyx striatus — BOULENGER 1885: 340
Centropyx striatus — CUNHA 1961: 110
Kentropyx striatus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 152
Kentropyx striatus striatus — HOOGMOED 1973: 302
Kentropyx striatus viridicervis — HOOGMOED 1973: 312
Kentropyx striata — GALAGHER & DIXON 1980: 616
Kentropyx striatus — BAUER & GÜNTHER 1994
Kentropyx striata — AVILA-PIRES 1995: 529
Kentropyx striata — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999
Kentropyx striata — DIRKSEN 2003
Kentropyx striata — HARVEY et al. 2012 
DistributionVenezuela (Apure, Bolivar, Amazonas), Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Trinidad, Tobago ?,
Colombia, Brazil (Para, Amapa, Roraima)

Type locality: Suriname.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 4191, female
Holotype: ANSP 9557; Surinam (lectotype fide HOOGMOED 1973) [decodon]
holotype: ZMB 896 [renggerii] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Dorsals large, in longitudinal rows, distinctly larger than, and well demarcated from laterals. Scales around midbody 58-75 (67.0 ± 4.3, n= 42). Femoral pores 12-16 (13.2 ± 1.2, n= 42) in total. No vertebral stripe. At each side two dorsolateral dark bands and two light stripes, at least on anterior part of body. Subdigital lamellae not tuberculate. Toes with poorly developed denticulate fringe (Avila-Pires 1995). 
CommentHybridization: Kentropyx borkiana likely resulted from hybridization between K. calcarata and K. striata (Cole et al. 1995; Reeder et al. 2002).

Distribution: may have been erroneously reported from Bahia and Pernambuco but not recorded from there. Not in Paraguay (Cacciali et al. 2016), although the synonym Centropyx Rengerii has as type locality “Paraguay”. See map (Fig. 8) in Gallagher & Dixon 1992: 144. 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin word stria, meaning a furrow or streak, in reference to the striated appearance produced by the plate-like
keeled dorsal series of scales. 
References
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  • Avila-Pires, Teresa C.S.; Giovanni S. Palheta, Marcelia B. Silva, Marcelo J. Sturaro 2017. Geographic Variation in Kentropyx striata (Reptilia: Teiidae): Can We Distinguish Between Isolated Populations? South American Journal of Herpetology Dec 2017, Vol. 12, No. 3: 224-235. - get paper here
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