Ctenosaura clarki

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.

Ctenosaura clarki
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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[1]
Synonyms[2]
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

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

1. "Ctenosaura clarki ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
2. "Ctenosaura clarki ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. Duellman, William E.; Duellman, Ann S. (16 February 1959). "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): 1–10.
4. Bailey JW (1928). p. 2.
5. 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).
6. Köhler G (2004). "Ctenosaura clarki ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44194A10861033. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44194A10861033.en.

Further reading

• Bailey, John Wendell (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).