Ctenosaura clarki

Ctenosaura clarki
Balsas Armed Lizard
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Ctenosaura
Species: C. clarki
Binomial name
Ctenosaura clarki
Bailey, 1928[1]

The Balsas Armed Lizard, Michoacán Dwarf Spiny-tailed Iguana, or Nopiche[2] (Ctenosaura clarki) is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is endemic to dry forests in the state of Michoacán in western Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ctenosaura clarki". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=586173. Retrieved 02 January 2008. 
  2. ^ Duellman, William E.; Ann S. Duellman (1959-02-16). "Variation, Distribution, and Ecology of the Iguanid Lizard Enyaliosaurus clarki of Michoacan, Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology (University of Michigan) 598. http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/57035/1/OP598.pdf. 
  3. ^ Köhler, G. (2004). Ctenosaura clarki. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 02 January 2008.
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