Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Iguanidae > Ctenosaura > Ctenosaura acanthura

Ctenosaura acanthura (Northeastern Spinytail Iguana)

Synonyms: Ctenosaura multispinis; Cyclura semicristata; Cyclura shawii; Cyclura teres; Lacerta acanthura

Wikipedia Abstract

Ctenosaura acanthura, commonly known as the northeastern spinytail iguana, is a species of iguanid lizard endemic to Mexico.
View Wikipedia Record: Ctenosaura acanthura

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Arboreal, Terrestrial
Reproductive Mode [1]  Oviparous

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo Biosphere Reserve 353161 Mexico  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Atractis scelopori[2]
Cyrtosomum scelopori <Unverified Name>[2]
Ozolaimus ctenosauri[2]
Ozolaimus monhystera[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0