Biology:Campeche spiny-tailed iguana
Campeche spiny-tailed iguana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Iguanidae |
Genus: | Cachryx |
Species: | C. alfredschmidti
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Binomial name | |
Cachryx alfredschmidti (G. Köhler, 1995)[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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The Campeche spiny-tailed iguana (Cachryx alfredschmidti)[3] is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is native to southeastern Mexico and adjacent Guatemala.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, alfredschmidti, is in honor of Germany herpetoculturist Alfred Schmidt.[2][4]
Description
Adult males of C. alfredschmidti reach at least 170 mm (6.7 in) and females 152 mm (6.0 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL).[1] Tail length varies from 74%[5] to 85% SVL.[1]
Geographic range
C. alfredschmidti was thought to be endemic to southern Campeche in Mexico.[3][1] However, in 2003, this species was also recorded by a scientific expedition to the Mirador-Río Azul National Park in the Petén Department in Northern Guatemala. This was the first record in Guatemala's herpetofauna for this species.[5]
Habitat
The natural habitat of C. alfredschmidti is tropical moist lowland forest[3] and seasonally flooded scrub forest.[5]
Behavior
C. alfredschmidti is arboreal.[3] It can find safety in hollow branches and tree trunks, blocking the entrance with its spiny tail.[1][5]
Diet
Fecal samples suggests that the diet of C. alfredschmidti consists of leaves, though it probably will eat arthropods too.[1]
Reproduction
C. alfredschmidti is oviparous.[2]
Conservation status
C. alfredschmidti is potentially threatened by habitat loss and degradation.[3] The Guatemalan population was found in the Mirador-Río Azul National Park.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Köhler G (1995). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Ctenosaura (Sauria: Iguanidae) aus dem südlichen Campeche, Mexico". Salamandra 31 (1): 1–14. http://www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/home/contents/1995-vol-31/693-koehler-g-4/file. (Ctenosaura alfredschmidti, new species). (in German).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cachryx alfredschmidti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 August 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ctenosaura alfredschmidti, p. 5).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "First record of Ctenosaura alfredschmidti Köhler, 1995 in Guatemala". Salamandra 40 (1): 11–13. 2004. http://www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/home/contents/2004-vol-40/178-radachowsky-j-r-garcia-anleu-g-koehler/file.
Further reading
- Malone CL, Reynoso VH, Buckley L (2017). "Never judge an iguana by its spines: Systematics of the Yucatan spiny tailed [sic] iguana, Ctenosaura defensor (Cope, 1866)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 115: 27–39. (Cachryx alfredschmidti, new combination).
- Morales-Mávil JE, Bello-Sánchez EA, Corona-López CR (2016). "Distribution and Natural History of the Campeche Spiny-tailed Iguanas [sic] (Ctenosaura alfredschmidti)". Herpetological Conservation and Biology 11 (Monograph 6): 168–176. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Wikidata ☰ Q246642 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campeche spiny-tailed iguana.
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