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: Ovopeo, Michoacán, 1000 ft.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 22454
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: BAILEY 1928: 44
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. 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… http://www.eol.org/pages/795415 Google images

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