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Iguana (/ ɪ ˈ ɡ w ɑː n ə /, [4] [5] Spanish:) is a genus of herbivorous lizards that are native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. The genus was first described by Austrian naturalist J.N. Laurenti in 1768. [ 6 ]
The standardized English name is the western spiny-tailed iguana. [4]: 58–59 p. However, an earlier edition of standardized names applied the name Mexican spinytailed iguana to Ctenosaura pectinata. [5]: 46 p. Confoundedly the name Mexican spiny-tailed iguana was applied to Ctenosaura acanthura [4]: 58–59 p.
The standardized English name is the Mexican spiny-tailed iguana (Spanish: garrobo del noreste). [ 4 ] : 58 p. [ 5 ] Confusingly however, an earlier edition of standardized names for Mexican herpetofauna called Ctenosaura acanthura the northeastern spinytailed iguana and applied the name Mexican spinytailed iguana to Ctenosaura pectinata , [ 6 ...
Ctenosaurs are generally omnivorous, feeding on fruits, flowers, foliage, and small animals.. While studying physiological correlates of locomotion in lizards, a "burst speed" of 34.6 km/h (21.5 miles/h) was recorded by a black spiny-tail iguana (Ctenosaura similis), which is the highest speed reported for a lizard.
Ctenosaura similis, commonly known as the black iguana [3] or black spiny-tailed iguana, is an iguanid lizard native to Mexico and Central America. It has been reported in some Colombian islands in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, and has been introduced to the United States in the state of Florida .
The only non-American iguana species are the members of the genus Brachylophus and the extinct Lapitiguana, which are found on Fiji and formerly Tonga; their distribution is thought to be the result of the longest overwater dispersal event ever recorded for a vertebrate species, with them rafting over 8000 km across the Pacific from the ...
Ctenosaura oaxacana, commonly known as the Oaxacan spiny-tailed iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Geographic range
Dipsosaurus dorsalis Ctenosaura similis Iguana iguana. Order: Squamata · Family: Iguanidae. The iguanids (Iguanidae) are a family of lizards whose distribution extends from the southern United States, Central America to Paraguay, and from the Caribbean islands to the Galapagos Islands and Fiji.