Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)

Hotel Chichén Itzá
Pisté, Quintana Roo, México
Ruinas Arqueológicas Xichén Itzá

Taxonomy [top]
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Squamata Iguanidae

Scientific Name: Ctenosaura similis
Species Authority: (Gray, 1830)
Common Name(s):
English – Common Spiny-tailed Iguana, Black Iguana, Black Spiny-tailed Iguana
Spanish – Iguana Negra
Synonym(s):

Iguana similis Gray, 1830

Source: "Ctenosaura similis," The IUCN List of Threatened Species, photographs, description, resource links, accessed 2.26.16, http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/174480/0