Taxonomy Profile: Ctenosaura pectinata (Wiegmann 1834)

Ctenosaura pectinata: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana []
Spiny-tailed Iguana []
Iguana-espinosa mexicana []
Guerreran Spiny-tailed Iguana []
Western Spiny-tailed Iguana []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Ctenosaura pectinata: 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 |
Species : Ctenosaura pectinata
Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana |
Spiny-tailed Iguana |
Iguana-espinosa mexicana |
Guerreran Spiny-tailed Iguana |
Western Spiny-tailed Iguana |
Ctenosaura pectinata Direct Children(s):
Ctenosaura pectinata: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Ctenosaura pectinata
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Ctenosaura pectinata
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 pectinata
Source:
Reptile Database (2017)
Acquired:
2017-07-13
Notes:
Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
Reference for:
Ctenosaura pectinata
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 pectinata
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 pectinata
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Collins, J. T.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1990-07-01 / 1990-07-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles, Third Edition
Page(s):
ii + 41
Publisher:
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Publication Place:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-916984-21-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Ctenosaura pectinata
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 pectinata
Ctenosaura pectinata: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Middle America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Continental US / Introduced
Ctenosaura pectinata: Comments