Biology:Ctenosaura clarki

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Short description: Species of lizard


Ctenosaura clarki
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Ctenosaura
Species:
C. clarki
Binomial name
Ctenosaura clarki
J.W. Bailey, 1928[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Ctenosaura clarki
    J.W. Bailey, 1928
  • Enyaliosaurus clarki
    — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950
  • Ctenosaura clarki
    — Liner, 1994
  • Ctenosaura (Enyaliosaurus) clarki
    — G. Köhler et al., 2000
  • Ctenosaura clarki
    — Cruz-Sáenz et al., 2017

Ctenosaura clarki, commonly known as the Balsas armed lizard, Balsas spiny-tailed iguana, Michoacán dwarf spiny-tailed iguana, or nopiche,[4] is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species native to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, clarki, is in honor of Dr. Herbert Charles Clark (1877-1960), director of medical research and laboratories, United Fruit Co., for his support of the herpetological collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.[5][6]

Geographic range

C. clarki is endemic to the Balsas dry forests in the state of Michoacán in western Mexico.

Behavior

A semi-arboreal species, C. clarki shelters in hollow branches of tree cacti.[7]

Reproduction

C. clarki is oviparous.[3]

Conservation status

C. clarki is threatened by habitat loss.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php. 
  2. ↑ "Ctenosaura clarki ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=586173. Retrieved 2 January 2008. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Species Ctenosaura clarki at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ↑ Duellman, William E.; Duellman, Ann S. (1959-02-16). "Variation, Distribution, and Ecology of the Iguanid Lizard Enyaliosaurus clarki of Michoacan, Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology (University of Michigan) (598): 1–10. http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/57035/1/OP598.pdf. 
  5. ↑ Bailey JW (1928). p. 2.
  6. ↑ 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 clarkii [sic]", p. 54).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 15 November 2021

Further reading

  • Bailey, John Wendell (1928). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Ctenosaura". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 73: 1-55. (Ctenosaura clarki, new species, pp. 44–46 + plate 27).
  • Gicca, Diderot F. (1982). "Enyaliosaurus clarki (Bailey) Balsas Armed Lizard". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (301): 1–2.


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