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Ctenosaura oedirhina DE QUEIROZ, 1987

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Higher TaxaIguanidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Roatan Spiny-tailed Iguana, Roatan Spinytail Iguana 
SynonymCtenosaura oedirhina DE QUEIROZ 1987
Ctenosaura oedirhina — KÖHLER 2000: 75
Ctenosaura (Loganiosaura) oedirhina — KÖHLER et al. 2000
Ctenosaura oedirhina — PASACHNIK & HUDMAN 2016
Ctenosaura oederhina — MALONE et al. 2017 (in error) 
DistributionHonduras (endemic of Roatan Island)

Type locality: approx. 4.8 km (3 miles) west of Roatán on the path to Flowers Bay, Isla de Roatán, Departamento de las Islas de la Bahía, Honduras.”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: UF 28532 (University of Florida), adult female, collected on Aug 19, 1969, by D.E. Hahn. 
Diagnosis 
CommentConsidered as Ctenosaura bakeri by BARBOUR 1928 or Enyaliosaurus bakeri by COCHRAN 1961. 
EtymologyThe specific name oedirhina is formed from the Greek oedos (or oidos; a swelling) and rhinos (nose), and refers ‘‘to the profile of the [swollen] snout compared with those of other Ctenosaura’’ (de Queiroz, 1987: 892). 
References
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