Ctenosaura clarki
| Ctenosaura clarki | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Iguanidae |
| Genus: | Ctenosaura |
| Species: | C. clarki |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenosaura clarki J.W. Bailey, 1928[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ctenosaura clarki, commonly known as the Balsas armed lizard, Michoacán dwarf spiny-tailed iguana, or nopiche,[3] is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae.
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.[4][5]
Geographic range
Ctenosaura clarki is endemic to the Balsas dry forests in the state of Michoacán in western Mexico.
Conservation status
C. clarki is threatened by habitat loss.[6]
References
- ↑ "Ctenosaura clarki". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Duellman, William E.; Duellman, Ann S. (1959-02-16). "Variation, Distribution, and Ecology of the Iguanid Lizard Enyaliosaurus clarki of Michoacan, Mexico" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology (University of Michigan) 598.
- ↑ Bailey JW. 1928. p. 2.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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).
- ↑ Köhler G. (2004). Ctenosaura clarki. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2 January 2008.
Further reading
- Bailey JW. 1928. "A revision of the lizards of the genus Ctenosaura". Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 73: 1-55. (Ctenosaura clarki, new species, pp. 44-46 + plate 27).
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