Taxonomy Profile: Ctenosaura (Wiegmann 1828)

Ctenosaura: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Enyaliosaurus
Gray 1845
Common Name(s):
Spiny-tailed Iguanas []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Ctenosaura: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Iguania
Iguanas |
iguanes |
Family : Iguanidae
American Arboreal Lizards |
Chuckwallas |
Iguanas |
Iguanids |
Subfamily : Iguaninae
Genus : Ctenosaura
Spiny-tailed Iguanas |
Ctenosaura Direct Children(s):
Ctenosaura pectinata
(Wiegmann 1834)
Ctenosaura similis
(Gray 1831)
Ctenosaura defensor
(Cope 1866)
Ctenosaura clarki
(Bailey 1928)
Ctenosaura alfredschmidti
(G Köhler 1995)
Ctenosaura bakeri
(Stejneger 1901)
Ctenosaura conspicuosa
(Dickerson 1919)
Ctenosaura flavidorsalis
(G Köhler and Klemmer 1994)
Ctenosaura macrolopha
(H M Smith 1972)
Ctenosaura melanosterna
(Buckley 1997)
Ctenosaura nolascensis
(H M Smith 1972)
Ctenosaura oaxacana
(G Köhler and Hasbun 2001)
Ctenosaura oedirhina
(de Queiroz 1987)
Ctenosaura palearis
(Stejneger 1899)
Ctenosaura: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Ctenosaura
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Ctenosaura
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Ctenosaura
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Ctenosaura
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Ctenosaura
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Buckley, Larry J., Kevin de Queiroz, Tandora D. Grant, Bradford D. Hollingsworth, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2016-06-12 / 2016-06-12
Article/Chapter Title:
A Checklist of the Iguanas of the World (Iguanidae; Iguaninae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Herpetological Conservation and Biology, vol. 11, monograph 6
Page(s):
4-46
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1931-7603
Notes:
Reference for:
Ctenosaura
Ctenosaura: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Ctenosaura: Comments