Ctenosaura alfredschmidti

      Ctenosaura alfredschmidti
      Conservation status
      Scientific classification
      Kingdom: Animalia
      Phylum: Chordata
      Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Reptilia
      Order: Squamata
      Suborder: Iguania
      Family: Iguanidae
      Genus: Ctenosaura
      Species: C. alfredschmidti
      Binomial name
      Ctenosaura alfredschmidti
      Köhler, 1995

      Ctenosaura alfredschmidti, commonly known as the Campeche spiny-tailed iguana, is a species of lizard in the Iguanidae family.

      Etymology

      The specific name, alfredschmidti, is in honor of German herpetoculturist Alfred Schmidt.[1]

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      Geographic range

      It is endemic to southern Campeche in Mexico. However, in the field year of 2005, this species was also recorded by a scientific expedition to the Rio Azul National Park in the Petén Department in Northern Guatemala. This was the first record in Guatemala's Herpetofauna for this species.

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      Habitat

      Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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      Conservation status

      It is threatened by habitat loss.

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      References

      1. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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