Ctenosaura alfredschmidti
| Ctenosaura alfredschmidti | |
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| 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 |
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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]
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.
References
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Köhler, G. 2004. Ctenosaura alfredschmidti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- Radachowsky et al. 2004, Köhler, G. 1995)http://www.selvamayamonitoreo.org/files/garcia__radachowsky_2004_informe_rap_mirador_rioa.pdf
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