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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Forest Whiptail
Portuguese: Calango, Chicote-da-Floresta, Lagarto 
SynonymCentropyx pelviceps COPE 1868: 98
Centropyx calcaratus — GUICHENOT 1855: 32 (part)
Kentropyx dorsalis GÜNTHER (fide GALLAGHER & DIXON 1980)
Centropyx pelviceps — BOULENGER 1885: 342
Kentropyx calcaratus — BURT & BURT 1931: 343 (part)
Kentropyx pelviceps — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 152
Kentropyx pelviceps — DUELLMAN 1978: 215
Kentropyx pelviceps — AVILA-PIRES 1995: 524
Kentropyx pelviceps — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Kentropyx pelviceps — WHITHWORTH & BEIRNE 2011
Kentropyx pelviceps — HARVEY et al. 2012 
DistributionEcuador, Colombia,
N Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Acre, Santarém: HR 33: 225), Bolivia (Pando)

Type locality: Napo or Upper Amazon or Ecuador.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 9556, USNM 6638 (lost) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Dorsals only slightly larger than scales on flanks, not in longitudinal rows. Scales around midbody 113-151 (132.4 ± 9.1, n= 34). Femoral pores 36-52 (43.0 ± 4.1, n= 36) in total. A vertebral band from rostral to base of tail, which widens from nape to rump where it is about as wide as the area between hind limbs. Margins of vertebral band between limbs deeply indented. A dorsolateral light stripe from posterior lower corner of eye to about middle of body Lamellae under fingers tuberculate, with tubercles on some lamellae more developed than on others of same digit. Sides of toes with poorly developed denticulate fringe (Avila-Pires 1995).


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin pelvis, shallow bowl or basin + Latin -ceps, headed. (COPE 1868, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
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