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    Species Accepted

    Ctenosaura melanosterna Buckley & Axtell, 1997

    Aguán Valley Iguana

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      10 results
      Aguán Valley Iguana English
      Black-chested Spiny-tailed Iguana English
      Cayos Cochinos Iguana English
      Honduran Paleate Spiny-tailed Iguana English
      Jamo Spanish
      Jamo Negro Spanish
      Rio Aguán Iguana English
      Schwarzbrustschwarzleguan German
      إغوانة سوداء الصدر شائكة الذيل Arabic
      クロムネトゲオイグアナ Japanese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      20 results
      Boonman, & John. (2000). Ctenosaura melanosterna in captivity. Podarcis 1 (4): 102-106.
      Ponce-Palma, Lilian M.; Suazo-Ortega, Oscar R.; Valladares, Yefrin. (2025). New dietary records for the Black-chested Spiny-tailed Iguana, Ctenosaura melanosterna Buckley & Axtell, 1997, in Cayo Menor, Honduras. Herpetology Notes 18: 161-163.
      Reed, Robert N., Stephen Green, Scott M. Boback and Chad E. Montgomery. (2006). Ctenosaura melanosterna Predation. Herpetological Review 37 (1): 84.
      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).
      Pasachnik, Stesha A.; Chad E. Montgomery, Leslie E. Ruyle, Jeffrey P. Corneil, and Edoardo E. Antunez. (2012). Morphological and Demographic Analyses of the Blackchested Spiny-tailed Iguana, Ctenosaura melanosterna, Across their Range: Implications for Population Level Management. Herp. Cons. Biology 7 (3):
      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.
      Montgomery, Chad E.; Stesha A. Pasachnik, Leslie E. Ruyle, Julius A. Frazier, and Steven E. W. Green. (2014). Natural history of the black-chested spiny-tailed iguanas, Ctenosaura melanosterna (Iguanidae), on Cayo Cochnino Menor, Honduras. Southwestern Naturalist Jun 2014, Vol. 59, No. 2: 280-285.
      Gutsche, A., & Frank Köhler. (2008). Phylogeography and hybridization in Ctenosaura species (Sauria, Iguanidae) from Caribbean Honduras: insights from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Zoosystematics and Evolution 84 (2): 245-253.
      Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. (2014). An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144.

      Citation

      Ctenosaura melanosterna Buckley & Axtell, 1997 in undefined