Ctenosaura acanthura

Ctenosaura acanthura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Iguanidae
Genus: Ctenosaura
Species: Ctenosaura acanthura

Name

• Ctenosaura acanthura (Shaw, 1802)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.30.19 (formerly xxii 20a).

Type locality: not given; erroneously gives “California” by Boulenger (1885), designated to “Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico” by Bailey (1928: 10).

Combinations

• Lacerta acanthura Shaw, 1802: 216 [original combination]
• Uromastyx acanthurus — Merrem, 1820: 56 [subsequent combination]
• Cyclura acanthura — Gray, 1827: 57 [subsequent combination]
• Ctenosaura acanthura — Gray, 1845: 191 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Ctenosaura cycluroides Wiegmann, 1828: 371 [synonymized by Boulenger (1885: 195)]

Syntypes: ZMB 576–8; MCZ 22453.

Type locality: not given; designated to “Veracruz, Veracruz”, Mexico, by Smith & Taylor (1950: 74).

References

Primary references

• Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Volume 3, part 1–2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison: London. 615 pp. BHL
• Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1828. Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde (in German). Isis von Oken 21(4): 364–383. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ctenosaura acanthura. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Northeastern Spinytail Iguana
español: Iguana espinosa del Golfo

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