| Striped Forest Whiptail (Kentropyx calcarata (Spix, 1825)) |
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Scientific name: Kentropyx calcarata (Spix, 1825) Common name: Striped Forest Whiptail French name: Order: Squamata Suborder: Sauria Family: Teiidae Size: 30 cm Habitat : On the ground in tropical rain forest of low altitude, woodland edges, clearings, fallen trees, with a clear preference for sunny places. Food: Insectivorous. Reproduction : Females lay their eggs in nests dug into the sand, in areas exposed to the sun, or in rotting trunks. There are 4 to 10 eggs per clutch. Geographic area: Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil and Bolivia, more precisely in the Amazonian Basin and the Atlantic forests of Brazil. |
The Striped Forest Whiptail shows flattened head and body. The legs are short with long toes and sharp claws. The flanks are brown with a black stripe. The head and the front part of the body are marked with three bright green longitudinal stripes. |
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I have shot this picture at Matoury, while walking along the Mirande footpath. You can clearly see here the flattened shape of the body and of the head. |
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The short legs with long toes and long claws are used to perform short, fast and sudden moves and so catch insects passing nearby. |
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The colours of this lizard are adapted to hiding in the bed of dead leaves but the bright green colour of the front stripes make it easy to see it in sunny areas. |
André Bon June 2014
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