Cyclura pinguis BARBOUR, 1917

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Higher Taxa	Iguanidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Stout Iguana, Anegada Rock Iguana, Anegada Ground Iguana G: Anegada-Wirtelschwanzleguan
Synonym	Cyclura pinguis BARBOUR 1917: 100 Cyclura mattea MILLER 1918 Cyclura portoricensis BARBOUR 1919 Cyclura pinguis — SCHWARTZ & CAREY 1977 Cyclura pinguis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 398 Cyclura pinguis — LEMM & ALBERTS 2012
Distribution	British Virgin Islands (Anegada Island), Puerto Rico Bank Type locality: Anegada Island, British Virgin Islands.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 12082. Holotype: MCZ 12460 [portoricensis] Holotype: USNM 59358 [Cyclura mattea]
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Comment	For illustrations see Grant, 1937; Carey, 1975 a; Philibosian and Yntema, 1977; Schwartz and Carey, 1977; MacLean, 1982; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985. Synonymy: Cyclura portoricensis BARBOUR 1919, known only from bones, may be a synonym of C. pinguis, fide Schwartz & Thomas 1975: 113.
Etymology	Named after Latin pinguis = fat, after the “heavy, fat, pendulous nuchal fold”.
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 Barbour, T. 1917. Notes on the herpetology of the Virgin Islands. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 30: 97-103. - get paper here Barbour, Thomas 1919. A new rock iguana from Porto Rico. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 32: 145-148 + 1 plate - 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 Carey, W.M. 1972. The Herpetology of Anegada, British Virgin Islands. Carib. J. Sci. 12(1/2): 79-89. Carey, W.M. 1975. The rock iguana, Cyclura pinguis, on Anegada, British Virgin Islands, with notes on Cyclura ricordi and Cyclura cornuta of Hispaniola. Bull. Fonda State Mus. Biol. Sci. 19(4):189-233. García, Miguel A. and Glenn P. Gerber 2016. Conservation and Management of Cyclura Iguanas in Puerto Rico. Herp. Cons. Biol. 11 (Monograph 6) - get paper here Grant, C. 1937. Herpetological notes with new species from the American and British Virgin Islands, 1936. J. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 21: 503-522. Lemm, J.M. & Alberts, A.C. 2012. Cyclura. Elsevier / Academic Press, 221 pp. MacLean, W.P. 1982. Reptiles and amphibians of the Virgin Islands. MacMillan Caribbean, London: vii + 54 pp. 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 Miller, Gerrit S., Jr 1917. Mammals and reptiles collected by Theodoor de Booy in the Virgin Islands [Cyclura mattea n. sp.]. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 54 (2244): 507-511, 1 plate - get paper here Mitchell, N.C. 1999. Effect of Introduced Ungulates on Density, Dietary Preferences, Home Range, and Physical Condition of the Iguana (Cyclura pinguis) on Anegada Herpetologica 55 (1): 7-17. - get paper here Philibosian, R. and Yntema, J.A. 1977. Annotated checklist of the birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians of the Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico. Information Services, Frederiksted, St. Croix, 48 pp. Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. 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. - get paper here Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. 1985. A guide to the identification of the amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies exclusive of Hispaniola. Milwaukee Public Mus., 165 pp. Schwartz, A. and R. Thomas. 1975. A checklist of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ. 1:1-216. - get paper here Werning, H. 2011. Einer der seltensten Leguane der Welt - der Anegada-Wirtelschwanzleguan, Cyclura pinguis. Iguana Rundschreiben 23 (2): 13-25
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/diapsida1.html http://www.scz.org/iguana/meet.html http://www.iucn-isg.org/actionplan/ch2/anegadaisland.php Google images

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