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title: "Forest Whiptail"
description: "Kentropyx pelviceps — Rettili. Kentropyx pelviceps, the forest whiptail, is a species of teiid lizard found in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/forest-whiptail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Forest Whiptail

> Kentropyx pelviceps — Rettili. Kentropyx pelviceps, the forest whiptail, is a species of teiid lizard found in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.

- Scientific name: *Kentropyx pelviceps*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 601
- Wikidata: [Q3195313](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3195313)
- iNaturalist taxon: [38948](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38948)

## Names

- en: Forest Whiptail

## Countries with the most observations

EC (242), PE (206), CO (48), BR (36), BO (7)

## Summary

Kentropyx pelviceps, the forest whiptail, is a species of teiid lizard found in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentropyx_pelviceps

## Photo

![Forest Whiptail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/forest-whiptail/medium.jpg)

Photo: abumadsen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/135398266

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/forest-whiptail?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).