Kentropyx calcarata
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Kentropyx calcarata, commonly known as the striped forest whiptail, is a species of lizard endemic to South America. Kentropyx calcarata commonly participate in communal nesting. While no clear reasoning has been found, a recent study suggested that communally incubated eggs took up less water while also yielding larger offsprings.
The striped forest whiptail lives in the South American countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela and northeastern South American countries such as French Guiana and Suriname. Kentropyx calcarata specimens are sometimes plagued by the parasitic protist, Plasmodium lepidoptiformis.
Spix JB. 1825. Animalia nova sive species nova lacertarum, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII – MDCCCXX jussu et auspicius Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. iv + 26 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Kentropyx calcaratus, p. 21 + Plate XXII, Figure 2).
Uetz P, Etzold T. 1996. "The EMBL/EBI Reptile Database". Herpetological Review 27 (4): 174–175. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Forest Whiptail sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 22 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Forest Whiptail in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against about 10% in December, the lowest month. June and August–September have too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Striped Forest Whiptail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Brownsberg Nature Park, in our data
Brownsberg Nature Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Striped Forest Whiptail sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Teiidae
The closest relatives of the Striped Forest Whiptail that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (family Teiidae, Whiptails and Tegus) are Amazon Racerunner (about 70%), Gold Tegu (about 40%) and Rainbow Whiptail (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Striped Forest Whiptail is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (23 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
