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    Ctenosaura similis, commonly known as the black iguana or black spiny-tailed iguana, is an iguanid lizard native to Mexico and Central America. It has...
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    black spiny-tail iguana (Ctenosaura similis), which is the highest speed reported for a lizard.: p.812  C. pectinata, C. similis, and C. quinquecarinata...
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    of a number of spiny-tailed iguana, particularly Ctenosaura acanthura, C. pectinata, and C. similis have an extensive history of confusion in both scientific...
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    markings. Ctenosaura acanthura is often confused with the closely related and similar appearing black iguana (Ctenosaura similis); however, Ctenosaura acanthura...
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    Ctenosaura bakeri, also known as the Utila spiny-tailed iguana, Baker's spinytail iguana, swamper or wishiwilly del suampo, is a critically endangered...
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    black and white tegu (Salvator merianae) Black spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis) Brown anole (Anolis sagrei) Burmese python (Python bivittatus) see...
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  • pectinata (Wiegmann, 1834) Ctenosaura quinquecarinata (Gray, 1842) Ctenosaura similis (Gray, 1831) Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Baird & Girard, 1852) Iguana iguana...
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    is toxic to many birds and other animals, the black-spined iguana (Ctenosaura similis) is known to eat the fruit and even live among the limbs of the tree...
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    Cachryx – spinytail iguanas Genus Conolophus – Galápagos land iguanas Genus Ctenosaura – spinytail iguanas Genus Cyclura – West Indian rock iguanas Genus Dipsosaurus...
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    6 km/h) attained by the larger-bodied Costa Rican spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis. C. collaris is chiefly found in dry, open regions of Mexico and the...
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    in their art. The green iguana and its relative the black iguana (Ctenosaura similis) have been used as a food source in Central and South America for...
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  • black iguana (Ctenosaura similis) and western spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata) are the largest species in the genus Ctenosaura, reaching a length...
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    including the world's fastest running lizard, the spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis). Hydropower is produced from Lake Arenal, the largest lake in Costa...
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  • Blue-spotted Wood Lizard (Enyalioides praestabilis) Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) Fitch's Anole (Dactyloa fitchi) Blue...
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  • Guatemalan spiny-tailed iguana – Ctenosaura palearis Stejneger, 1899 (E, EN) Black spiny-tailed iguana – Ctenosaura similis (Gray, 1831) Green iguana – Iguana...
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    acutus (American crocodile) Crocodylus moreletii (Morelet's crocodile) Ctenosaura similis (black iguana) Cuniculus paca (spotted paca) Dasyprocta punctata (Central...
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  • occur in El Salvador. Ctenosaura flavidorsalis Köhler & Klemmer, 1994 [EN] Ctenosaura quinquecarinata (Gray, 1842) Ctenosaura similis (Gray, 1831) Iguana...
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    cyclocarpum Aloe vera Cylindropuntia imbricata Bixa orellana Morelet's crocodile Guatemalan black howler Crotalus simus Smalltooth sawfish Ctenosaura similis...
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    Grand Cayman blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi) Black spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis) American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Titicaca water frog...
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  • (spiny softshell turtle) [66] Caiman crocodilus (spectacled caiman) Ctenosaura similis (black spiny-tailed iguana) [67] Eleutherodactylus coqui (common coquí)...
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  • also houses several reptile species, including the black iguana (Ctenosaura similis) for which the island is named. The refuge also comprises a 40-hectare...
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  • March 11, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017. "Black Spinytail Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)". Archived from the original on February 13, 2017. Retrieved January...
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    Species. Arndt, Rudolf G. (1999). "Predation by the Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) On the Painted Ghost Crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii) in Costa Rica"....
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  • Bipes canaliculatus Bipes tridactylus Common spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis) Fraser's delma (Delma fraseri) New Guinea blind earless skink (Dibamus...
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  • spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata) * Gray's spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis) * LC Desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) LC Green iguana (Iguana...
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  • spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura flavidorsalis) Black-chested spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura melanosterna) Roatán spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura oedirhina) Motagua...
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    cinereoargenteus), boa constrictor (Boa constrictor), black spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis), olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), and scorpion mud...
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  • diet stands in stark contrast with an iguana from the same genus, Ctenosaura similis. This animal's diet is composed of primarily fruit (73%) and leaves...
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    racemosa mangrove forests. Reptiles include black spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis), boa constrictor (Boa constrictor) and green iguana (Iguana iguana)...
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  • speed (34.6 km/h) of what to date remains the world's fastest lizard, Ctenosaura similis. Subsequently, he completed postdoctoral training at the University...
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