Ctenosaura oedirhina, commonly known as the Roatán spiny-tailed iguana or de Queiroz's spiny-tailed iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is endemic to Honduras, on the island of Roatán in the Caribbean, to which one of its common names refers. The Roatán iguana is a medium sized iguana with a rounded snout, short crest scales, and a snout-vent length ranging from 151 to 325mm. [3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Iguanidae |
| Genus: | Ctenosaura |
| Species: | C. oedirhina
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| Ctenosaura oedirhina de Queiroz, 1987
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Habitat
editIts natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Conservation status
editIt is currently listed an endangered species under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).[4] It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
edit- ^ Goode, A.B.C.; Pasachnik, S.A. (2019). "Ctenosaura oedirhina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44191A122558520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44191A122558520.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Goode, A. B. C.; Pasachnik, S. A.; Maple, T. L. (2020). "Assessing the status of a threatened island endemic, Ctenosaura oedirhina, on Roatán, Honduras". Wildlife Research. 47 (2): 137. doi:10.1071/wr18195. ISSN 1035-3712. S2CID 213007676.
- ^ Goode, A. B. C.; Pasachnik, S. A.; Maple, T. L. (2020). "Assessing the status of a threatened island endemic, Ctenosaura oedirhina, on Roatán, Honduras". Wildlife Research. 47 (2): 137. doi:10.1071/wr18195. ISSN 1035-3712. S2CID 213007676.
Further reading
edit- de Queiroz, Kevin. 1987. A New Spiny-tailed Iguana from Honduras, with Comments on Relationships within Ctenosaura (Squamata: Iguania). Copeia 1987 (4): 892–902.