Ctenosaura pectinata: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Ctenosaura pectinata lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ctenosaura pectinata
Group	Lizards, geckos & tuatara
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Reptile
Order	Squamata
Family	Iguanidae

Where does the Ctenosaura pectinata live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Ctenosaura pectinata in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Ctenosaura pectinata endangered?

The Ctenosaura pectinata’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Ctenosaura pectinata?

The Ctenosaura pectinata (Ctenosaura pectinata) is a reptile in the order Squamata and the family Iguanidae, genus Ctenosaura. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Ctenosaura pectinata

Ctenosaura pectinata is a species of moderately large lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is native to western Mexico.

The standardized English name is the western spiny-tailed iguana. However, an earlier edition of standardized names applied the name Mexican spinytailed iguana to Ctenosaura pectinata. Confoundedly the name Mexican spiny-tailed iguana was applied to Ctenosaura acanthura which was referred to as the northeastern spinytailed iguana in the earlier edition of standardized names. It has also been called simply the spiny-tailed iguana, black spiny-tailed iguana, Guerreran spiny-tailed Iguana, broad-ringed spiny-tailed iguana among other common names.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ctenosaura pectinata (revision 1381149782), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q276865 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).