Cyclura rileyi STEJNEGER, 1903

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Higher Taxa	Iguanidae, Iguania, Sauria (lizards)
Subspecies	Cyclura rileyi cristata SCHMIDT 1920 Cyclura rileyi rileyi STEJNEGER 1903 Cyclura rileyi nuchalis BARBOUR & NOBLE 1916
Common Names	White Cay Ground Iguana rileyi: San Salvador Iguana cristata: White cay iguana nuchalis: Acklins Iguana
Synonym	Cyclura rileyi STEJNEGER 1903: 130 Cyclura rileyi - SCHWARTZ & CAREY 1977 Cyclura rileyi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 401 Cyclura rileyi rileyi STEJNEGER 1903 Cyclura rileyi rileyi - SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1975 Cyclura rileyi cristata SCHMIDT 1920 Cyclura cristata SCHMIDT 1920 Cyclura rileyi cristata - SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1975 Cyclura rileyi nuchalis BARBOUR & NOBLE 1916 Cyclura nuchalis BARBOUR & NOBLE 1916 Cyclura rileyi nuchalis - SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1975
Distribution	Central Bahama Islands, including San Salvador, the Exuma Cays, islands of the Crooked-Acklins group. Cyclura rileyi rileyi: San Salvador I. and satellites. Type locality: San Salvador Island, Bahama Islands. Cyclura rileyi cristata (HOLOTYPE AMNH 7238): southern Exuma Cays. Cyclura rileyi nuchalis (HOLOTYPE ANSP 11985): cays in Bight of Acklins.
Types	Holotype: USNM 3 1969.
Comment	For illustrations see Barbour and Noble, 1916 (as C. nuchalis); Schwartz and Carey, 1977.
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. Barbour, T. and Noble, G.K. 1916. A revision of the lizards of the genus Cyclura. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 60 (4): 139-64. - get paper here Malone,C.L.; Wheeler,T.; Taylor,J.F. & Davis,S.K. 2000. Phylogeography of the Caribbean Rock Iguana (Cyclura): implications for conservation and insights on the biogeographic history of the West Indies. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 17 (2): 269 - get paper here Schwartz, A. and Carey, M. 1977. Systematics and evolution in the West Indian iguanid genus Cyclura. Stud. Fauna Curaçao and Carib. Is. 53(173):15-97. Schwartz,A. & Henderson,R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Stejneger, L. 1903. A new species of large iguana from the Bahama Islands. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 16:129-132. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List - Cyclura rileyi - Endangered, EN http://www.world4you.com/cyclura/photo1.htm http://www.iucn-isg.org/actionplan/ch2/sansalvador.php http://www.iucn-isg.org/actionplan/ch2/whitecay.php http://www.iucn-isg.org/actionplan/ch2/acklins.php Google images

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