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Ctenosaura melanosterna (Honduran Paleate Spiny-tailed Iguana)

Wikipedia Abstract

Ctenosaura melanosterna, commonly known as the black-chested spiny-tailed iguana or Honduran spinytailed iguana, is a species of lizard in the Iguanidae family.
View Wikipedia Record: Ctenosaura melanosterna

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Ctenosaura melanosterna

Attributes

Gestation [1]  84 days
Litter Size [1]  22
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Habitat Substrate [2]  Arboreal, Terrestrial

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
El Arenal Biological Reserve   Honduras      

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, 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
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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