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The standardized English name is the western spiny-tailed iguana. [4]: 58–59 p. However, an earlier edition of standardized names applied the name Mexican spinytailed iguana to Ctenosaura pectinata. [5]: 46 p. Confoundedly the name Mexican spiny-tailed iguana was applied to Ctenosaura acanthura [4]: 58–59 p.
Ctenosaurs are generally omnivorous, feeding on fruits, flowers, foliage, and small animals.. While studying physiological correlates of locomotion in lizards, a "burst speed" of 34.6 km/h (21.5 miles/h) was recorded by a black spiny-tail iguana (Ctenosaura similis), which is the highest speed reported for a lizard.
Genetic analysis indicates that the green iguana may comprise a complex of multiple species, some of which have been recently described, but the Reptile Database considers all of these as subspecies of the green iguana. [7] [8] The word "iguana" is derived from the original Taino name for the species, iwana. [9]
The standardized English name is the Mexican spiny-tailed iguana (Spanish: garrobo del noreste). [ 4 ] : 58 p. [ 5 ] Confusingly however, an earlier edition of standardized names for Mexican herpetofauna called Ctenosaura acanthura the northeastern spinytailed iguana and applied the name Mexican spinytailed iguana to Ctenosaura pectinata , [ 6 ...
Ctenosaura similis, commonly known as the black iguana [3] or black spiny-tailed iguana, is an iguanid lizard native to Mexico and Central America. It has been reported in some Colombian islands in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, and has been introduced to the United States in the state of Florida .
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Ctenosaura oaxacana, commonly known as the Oaxacan spiny-tailed iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Geographic range
Mismaloya is most famous as the site where the 1963 film The Night of the Iguana was filmed. The set and crew quarters rise up the hill on the south side of the Mismaloya cove. The set is only ruins now, and the once-famous John Huston Cafe is an empty shell on top of the hill. Huston once wrote that he was the only person who cared for the place.