Ctenosaura melanosterna

The Ctenosaura melanosterna is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

Ctenosaura melanosterna is known only from the Rio Aguan Valley in northern Honduras and Cayos Cochinos off the Caribbean coast of Honduras. Extent of occurrence and area of occupancy are both estimated at less than 100 km² (CR B1). More

Ctenosaura melanosterna is a chordate, or more specifically a reptile, in the Iguanidae family. Ctenosaura melanosterna is commonly known (its common name) as the Honduran Paleate Spiny-Tailed Iguana in English. More

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Information on the Ctenosaura melanosterna is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly. Authentication - This information is awaiting authentication by a species expert, and will be updated as soon as possible. More

Ctenosaura melanosterna, in the Cayo Cochinos Archipelago, $5,500.Chad Montgomery, PhD. More

Ctenosaura melanosterna Buckley and Axtell, 1997 was not included because its description came after the data collection phase of this analysis. We assessed relationships of the spiny-tailed iguanas using 19 morpho-etho-ecological and 177 RAPD characters. More