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    Species Accepted

    Ctenosaura pectinata (Wiegmann, 1834)

    Guerreran Spiny-tailed Iguana
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Ctenosaura
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      United States of AmericaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      20 results
      Garrobo de Roca Spanish
      Garrobo negro Spanish
      Garrobos de Roca Spanish
      Guerreran Spiny-tailed Iguana English
      Iguana Mexicana de Cola Espinosa Spanish
      Iguana Negra Mexicana Spanish
      Iguana negra Spanish
      Iguana-de-cauda-espinhosa-mexicana Portuguese
      Iguana-espinosa mexicana Spanish
      Iguane Mexicain à Queue Épineuse French

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      96 results
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      Nolasco-Luna JR, Barraza-Soltero IK, López-Montes MA, Moreno-López JA, & Escobedo-Galván AH. (2022). An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Isla María Cleofas, Mexico. Check List 18(1): 241-252.
      Johnson, Jerry D.; Vicente Mata-Silva, Elí García Padilla, and Larry David Wilson. (2015). The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329.
      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.
      Lemos-Espinal JA, & Smith GR. (2020). A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Sinaloa, Mexico with a conservation status summary and comparisons with neighboring states. ZooKeys 931: 85-114.
      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).
      Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Pierce LJS, & Painter CW. (2020). The amphibians and reptiles of Colima, Mexico, with a summary of their conservation status. ZooKeys 927: 99-125.
      Heimes, P. (2022). LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 Pp.
      de Queiroz K. (1995). Checklist and key to the extant species of Mexican iguanas (Reptilia: Iguaninae). Publ. Esp. Mus. Zool. Univ. Nac. Autón. México 9: 1-48.
      Rodríguez-Canseco, Jesús Mauricio, Krystal Lucía González-Estupiñan, Erika Sugey García Mata, José Villarreal-Méndez and Andrea Bombela Cruz. (2016). Ctenosaura pectinata (Western Spiny-tailed Iguana) Predation. Herpetological Review 47 (1): 135.

      Citation

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