Ctenosaura clarki

Ctenosaura clarki
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
Synonyms
	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;

Ctenosaura clarki, commonly known as the Balsas armed lizard, Balsas spiny-tailed iguana, Michoacán dwarf spiny-tailed iguana, or nopiche,^[5] is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species native to Mexico.

Etymology[edit]

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.^[6]^[7]

Geographic range[edit]

C. clarki is endemic to the Balsas dry forests in the state of Michoacán in western Mexico.

Behavior[edit]

A semi-arboreal species, C. clarki shelters in hollow branches of tree cacti.^[1]

Reproduction[edit]

C. clarki is oviparous.^[4]

Conservation status[edit]

C. clarki is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Köhler, G. (2004). "Ctenosaura clarki ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44194A10861033. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44194A10861033.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ "Ctenosaura clarki ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
^ ^a ^b Species Ctenosaura clarki at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ Duellman, William E. [in French]; 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 (598). University of Michigan: 1–10.
^ Bailey JW (1928). p. 2.
^ 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).