Kentropyx pelviceps (Cope, 1868)

Llanqui, Irbin B., Y. Salas, Cinthya & Oblitas, Melissa P., 2019, A preliminary checklist of amphibians and reptiles from the vicinity of La Nube Biological Station, Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Peru, Check List 15 (5), pp. 773-796 : 787

Kentropyx pelviceps (Cope, 1868)

Material examined. Field observations; (13°25′20″S, 069°36′36″W), 22–28.IX.2013.

Identification. A moderate sized lizard, SVL 80–130 mm in males and 80–122 mm in females. It can be identified by granular dorsal scales and ventral scales large, quadrangular, imbricate and arranged in 14–16 longitudinal rows. Dorsum dark brown with a broad limegreen vertebral stripe from the rostral scale to base of tail; borders of this stripe are wavy and extend onto the flanks. Venter grayish white. Similar species in the area and nearby localities are: K. altamazonica , which has a narrow vertebral stripe with straight borders; Ameiva ameiva , which lacks a vertebral stripe and has 8 longitudinal scale rows on the venter ( Duellman 1978, 2005, Ávila-Pires 1995).

Distribution. Kentropyx pelviceps is widely distributed

in western Amazonia in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Perú ( Ávila-Pires 1995, Dirksen and de la Riva 1999, Langstroth 2005, Ribeiro Júnior and Amaral 2016, Uetz and Hošek 2019).

Remarks. Several individuals were observed foraging close to our camping site, but we were unable to collect them.