Black iguanas
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Common black iguana ( Ctenosaura similis ), one male and two female specimens |
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| Wiegmann , 1828 |
The black iguanas ( Ctenosaura ) are a genus of medium-sized to small lizards that belong to the family of iguanas .
Occurrence and habitat
Black iguanas are common across Central America.
Some of them are tree dwellers, others also inhabit landscapes with little trees. They mostly live in arid (dry) habitats. The Utila iguana has developed a way of life that is rather untypical for the group, but all the more remarkable . It lives in the salty and humid mangrove of a small Caribbean island and uses the dry areas of nearby sandy beaches to lay eggs in the breeding season.
species
Western Mexican black iguana ( C. pectinata )
- Eastern Mexican black iguana ( C. acanthura )
- Campeche black iguana ( C. alfredschmidti )
- Utila iguana ( C. bakeri )
- Michoacan black iguana ( C. clarki )
- San Esteban black iguana ( C. conspicuosa )
- Yucatan black iguana ( C. defensor )
- Yellow Bridge Black Iguana ( C. flavidorsalis )
- Baja California black iguana ( C. hemilopha )
- Sonoran black iguana ( C. macrolopha )
- Black-breasted black iguana ( C. melanosterna )
- Nolasko black iguana ( C. nolascensis )
- Oaxa black iguana ( C. oaxacana )
- Roatan iguana ( C. oedirhina )
- Guatemala black iguana ( C. palearis )
- Western Mexican black iguana ( C. pectinata )
- Five-keeled black iguana ( C. quinquecarinata )
- Common black iguana ( C. similis )
literature
- Gunther Koehler: Black iguanas. Way of life, care, breeding. 2nd, revised, greatly expanded new edition. Herpeton-Verlag Köhler, Offenbach 2002, ISBN 3-936180-01-6 .
- Gunther Köhler, Werner Schroth, Bruno Streit: Systematics of the Ctenosaura group of lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Iguanidae). In: Amphibia-Reptilia. Vol. 21, No. 2, 2000, pp. 177-191, doi : 10.1163 / 156853800507363 .
Web links
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