- Guyana Kentropyx
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Guyana Kentropyx Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Teiidae Genus: Kentropyx Species: K. borckiana
(Peters, 1869)Binomial name Kentropyx borckiana Synonyms Centropyx borckiana
Centropyx copii
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Kentropyx copei
Kentropyx borckianusThe Guyana Kentropyx (Kentropyx borckiana) is a lizard found in the South American countries of Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, and on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The species is apparently a rare unisexual clone that reproduces through parthenogenesis, in that only 100 females are known to exist and no males. It is believed to have arisen from hybridization between Kentropyx calcarata and Kentropyx striata.
The species was named after Johann Graf von Borcke (1781-1862), a major in the Prussian Army who fought in the Napoleonic Wars; Borcke presented a number of specimens to the Berlin Museum.
It grows up to 100 mm snout-to-vent. Its head and neck are greenish, with white underneath. Its sides are brown, and its underbody is pinkish. Its dorsal surface is gray to pinkish-brown, with light lateral stripes bordered with dark bands.
A population on Trinidad was originally thought to be K. borckiana, but has since been identified as another species.
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