Ctenosaura clarki BAILEY, 1928

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Higher Taxa	Iguanidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Balsas Armed Lizard S: Nopilchi
Synonym	Ctenosaura clarki BAILEY 1928: 44 Enyaliosaurus clarki — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 76 Enyaliosaurus clarki — DUELLMAN & DUELLMAN 1959 Enyaliosaurus clarki — DUELLMAN 1966 Enyaliosaurus clarki — GICCA 1982 Ctenosaura clarki — LINER 1994 Ctenosaura (Enyaliosaurus) clarki — KÖHLER et al. 2000 Ctenosaura clarki — CRUZ-SÁENZ et al. 2017 Ctenosaura clarki — HEIMES 2022
Distribution	W Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacan: valley of the Rio Tepalcatepec, Guerrero) Type locality: restricted to Ovopeo, Michoacán, 1000 ft. by Bailey 1928.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 22454
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “Dorsal crest indicated by 80 slightly raised scales. Tail shorter or equal to length of head and body, its upper surface with whorls of very large subequal spines, directed upward and backward, alternating with series of smaller yet conspicuous basal flat scales.” (BAILEY 1928: 44) Additional details (50 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Dr. Herbert Charles Clark (1877-1960), the first Director of Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Panama (1929-1954).
References	Alberts, A.C.; Carter, R.L.; Hayes, W.K. & Martins, E.P. (eds.) 2004. Iguanas - Biology and Conservation. University of California Press, 356 pp. - get paper here Avery, D. F.; Tanner, W. W. 1971. Evolution of the iguanine lizards (Sauria, Iguanidae) as determined by osteological and myological characters. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin 12 (3): 1-79 Bailey, J. W. 1928. A revision of the lizards of the genus Ctenosaura. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 73 (2733): 1-55. - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Buckley, Larry J.; Kevin de Queiroz, Tandora D. Grant, Bradford D. Hollingsworth, John B. Iverson (Chair, <br />Stesha A. Pasachnik, and Catherine L. Stephen (Iguana Taxonomy Working Group, ITWG 2016. A Checklist of the Iguanas of the World (Iguanidae; Iguaninae). Herp. Cons. Biol. 11 (Monograph 6) - get paper here Cruz-Sáenz, D., F. J. Muñoz-Nolasco, V. Mata-Silva, J. D. Johnson, E. García-Padilla, and L. D. Wilson. 2017. The herpetofauna of Jalisco, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (1): 23–118 - get paper here de Queiroz K 1995. Checklist and key to the extant species of Mexican iguanas (Reptilia: Iguaninae). Publ. Esp. Mus. Zool. Univ. Nac. Autón. México 9: 1-48 Duellman, William E. 1966. The Central American herpetofauna: An ecological perspective. Copeia 1966 (4): 700-719 - get paper here Gicca D F 1982. Enyaliosaurus clarki (Bailey). Balsas armed lizard. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 301: 1-2 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. - get paper here Köhler, G.; W. Schroth & B. Streit 2000. Systematics of the Ctenosaura group of lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Iguanidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 21 (2): 177-191 - get paper here Malone, Catherine L.; Víctor Hugo Reynoso, Larry Buckley 2017. Never judge an iguana by its spines: Systematics of the Yucatan spiny tailed iguana, Ctenosaura defensor (Cope, 1866). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 115: 27-39 - get paper here Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo & OSCAR FLORES-VILLELA 2018. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico. Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.cyclura.com/article/articleprint/149/-1/3?PrintableVersion… Google images

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