Biology:Campeche spiny-tailed iguana

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Short description: Species of lizard

Campeche spiny-tailed iguana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Cachryx
Species:
C. alfredschmidti
Binomial name
Cachryx alfredschmidti
(G. Köhler, 1995)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Ctenosaura alfredschmidti
    G. Köhler, 1995
  • Cachryx alfredschmidti
    — Malone et al., 2017

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. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cachryx alfredschmidti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 August 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named IUCN
  4. ↑ 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. ↑ 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).

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