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    Species Accepted

    Ctenosaura palearis Stejneger, 1899

    Guatemalan Black Iguana

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      9 results
      Garrobo del Motagua Spanish
      Guatemalan Black Iguana English
      Guatemalan Spiny-tailed Iguana English
      Guatemaleschwarzleguan German
      Iguana de Tuno Spanish
      Iguana de Órgano Spanish
      Motagua Spiny-tailed Iguana English
      إغوانة غواتيمالا شائكة الذيل Arabic
      ノドダレトゲオイグアナ Japanese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      19 results
      Duellman, William E. (1966). The Central American herpetofauna: An ecological perspective. Copeia 1966 (4): 700-719.
      Stuart, L. C. (1963). A checklist of the herpetofauna of Guatemala. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (No. 122): 1-150.
      Ariano-Sánchez, D. and J. Gil-Escobedo. (2016). Ctenosaura palearis (Guatemalan Spiny-tailed Iguana) tail trifurcation. Herpetological Review 47(3): 463-464.
      Köhler, G. (1995). Ctenosaura palearis STEJNEGER, 1899. Sauria 17 Suppl.: 329–332.
      Avery, D. F., & Tanner, W. W. (1971). Evolution of the iguanine lizards (Sauria, Iguanidae) as determined by osteological and myological characters. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin 12 (3): 1-79.
      Malone, Catherine L.; Víctor Hugo Reynoso, Larry Buckley. (2017). Never judge an iguana by its spines: Systematics of the Yucatan spiny tailed iguana, Ctenosaura defensor (Cope, 1866). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 115: 27-39.
      Buckley, Larry J.; Kevin de Queiroz, Tandora D. Grant, Bradford D. Hollingsworth, John B. Iverson (Chair, Stesha A. Pasachnik, and Catherine L. Stephen (Iguana Taxonomy Working Group, ITWG. (2016). A Checklist of the Iguanas of the World (Iguanidae; Iguaninae). Herp. Cons. Biol. 11 (Monograph 6).
      Köhler, G. & Vesel. (1996). Freilanduntersuchungen zur Morphologie und Lebensweise von Ctenosaura palearis in Honduras und Guatemala. Herpetofauna 18 (102): 23-26.
      Stejneger, L. (1899). Description of a new species of spiny-tailed iguana from Guatemala. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 21: 381-383.
      Buckley L, J., & Axtell R, W. (1997). Evidence for the specific status of the Honduran lizards formerly referred to Ctenosaura palearis (Reptilia: Squamata: Iguanidae). Copeia 1997 (1): 138-150.

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