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Kentropyx vanzoi GALLAGHER & DIXON, 1980

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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gallagher's Kentropyx
Portuguese: Calango, Calanguinho, Calanguinho-Listrado 
SynonymKentropyx vanzoi GALLAGHER & DIXON 1980
Kentropyx vanzoi — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Kentropyx vanzoi— PIANKA & VITT 2003: 36
Kentropyx vanzoi — HARVEY et al. 2012 
DistributionC Brazil (Mato Grosso), Bolivia (Santa Cruz)

Type locality: base camp Royal Society of London expedition to Mato Grosso (12° 51’ S, 51° 46’ W)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 36924 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Kentropyx vanzoi is distinguished from K. striata and K. borckiana by having granular dorsal scales at midbody that gradually increase in size from the ventral scutes to middorsal line, rather than enlarged keeled dorsal scales at midbody and granular lateral scales; distinguished from K. altamazonica, K. calcarata and K. pelviceps by having four to five distinct dorsolateral light stripes (per side) rather than zero to two (K. altamazonica usually two, occasionally one; K, calcarata usually one, occasionally two; K. pelviceps usually one incomplete, often none); distinguished from K. viridistriga and K. paulensis by having 8-1 1 femoral pores rather than 17-27 and 15-22, respectively.


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CommentDistribution. See map (Fig. 8) in Gallagher & Dixon 1992: 144. 
EtymologyNamed after Professor Dr. Paulo Emilio Vanzolini (1924-2013), a zoologist and herpetologist, who worked at the American Museum of Natural History, New York (late 1970s-1980s). 
References
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  • Dirksen, L. & De la Riva, I. 1999. The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography. Graellsia 55: 199-215 - get paper here
  • Dorado-Rodrigues, T. F., Valadão, R. M., Valério, L. M., Castro, C. P. D., & Strüssmann, C. 2025. Herpetofauna from a protected area situated in a biogeographic transition zone in Central South America. Biota Neotropica, 25(1), e20241681 - 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
  • Gallagher D S JR. & DIXON J R. 1980. A new lizard (Sauria: Teiidae: Kentropyx) from Brazil. Copeia 1980 (4): 616-620 - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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
  • Montero, R., G. SCROCCHI, M. E. MONTAÑO & I. M. FERNÁNDEZ S. 1995. Nuevas citas de saurios, anfisbénidos y ofidios para Bolivia. Cuadernos de Herpetología 9 (1): 7-13. - get paper here
  • Pianka, E.R. & Vitt, L.J. 2003. Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 pp. [review in Copeia 2004: 955] - get paper here
  • RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, MARCO A., SILVANA AMARAL 2016. Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. III. Anguidae, Scincidae, Teiidae. Zootaxa 4205 (5): 401–430 - get paper here
  • Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A. & Silvana Amaral 2016. Diversity, distribution, and conservation of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) in the Brazilian Amazonia. Neotropical Biodiversity, 2:1, 195-421 - get paper here
  • Santos, Marina Meireles dos; Robson Waldemar Ávila and Ricardo Alexandre Kawashita-Ribeiro. 2011. Checklist of the amphibians and reptiles in Nobres municipality, Mato Grosso state, central Brazil. Herpetology Notes 4: 55-461 - get paper here
  • Scrocchi, G. & L. GONZÁLES 1996. Kentropyx calcarata (NCN). Behavior. Herpetological Review 27 (4): 201. - get paper here
  • Silva, M.C. da, R.H. de Oliveira, D.H. Morais, R.A. Kawashita-Ribeiro, E.S. de Brito & R.W. Ávila 2015. Amphibians and reptiles of a Cerrado area in Primavera do Leste Municipality, Mato Grosso State, Central Brazil. Salamandra 51 (2): 187-194 - 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
 
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