Cyclura lewisi GRANT, 1941

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Higher Taxa	Iguanidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Grand Cayman Iguana, Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
Synonym	Cyclura macleayi lewisi GRANT 1941: 35 Cyclura nubila lewisi — SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1975 Cyclura nubila lewisi — SCHWARTZ & CAREY 1977 Cyclura nubila lewisi — KÖHLER 2002 Cyclura lewisi — BURTON 2004 Cyclura lewisi — PAGODA 2011 Cyclura lewisi — LEMM & ALBERTS 2012
Distribution	Cayman Is.: Grand Cayman. Type locality: "Battle Hill, east end of Grand Cayman."
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1939.2.3.68 = BMNH RR 1946.8.9.321 (BMNH 1946.8.9.32?)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: The caudal crest is developed in adults of both sexes to a length greater than that of the dorsal crest (fig. 3); the head and fore-parts bright blue. (Grant 1941) Additional details (937 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Hybridization: C. n. nubila hybrizes with C. n. lewisi (SKUBOWIUS 2012). Phylogenetics: C. lewisi nests within C. nubila fide Reynolds et al. 2022.
References	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 Burton, F.J. 2004. Revision to species of Cyclura nubila lewisi Grand Cayman Blue Iguana. Carib. J. Sci. 40: 198-203 Goetz, M. 2009. Die Wirtelschwanzleguane der Kaimaninseln - Schutz und Erforschung on Cyclura lewisi und Cyclura nubila caymanensis Terraria (15) 4 (1): 42-47. Goodman, R.M., A.C. Echternacht & F.J. Burton 2005. Spatial Ecology of the Endangered Iguana, Cyclura lewisi, in a Disturbed Setting on Grand Cayman Journal of Herpetology 39 (3): 402-408. - get paper here Grant, C. 1941. The herpetology of the Cayman Islands. Bulletin of the Institute of Jamaica, Science Series [1940] (2):1-56 Greenberg, Daniel. 2014. My time with the blues. The Canadian Herpetologist 4 (1): 9-12. Kalopp, S. 2014. Verschiedene Kontinente – ähnliche Probleme:? Über die Arbeit einer Reptilienauffangstation in Arizona S. Kalopp. Reptilia (Münster) 19 (108): 38-43 Köhler, G. 2002. Kurz vor der Ausrottung: der Blaue Leguan von Grand Cayman. Iguana Rundschreiben 15 (2): 9-10 Lemm, J.M. & Alberts, A.C. 2012. Cyclura. Elsevier / Academic Press, 221 pp. Pagoda, P. 2011. Ein Monat als Volontär in der Karibik - der Blauen wegen. Elaphe 19 (1): 65-72 Rambaldi, S. 2017. Cyclura lewisi (Blue Iguana) Social behavior. Herpetological Review 48 (2): 435-436 - get paper here Reynolds, R. G., Miller, A. H., Pasachnik, S. A., Knapp, C. R., Welch, M. E., Colosimo, G., ... & Iverson, J. B. 2022. Phylogenomics and Historical Biogeography of West Indian Rock Iguanas (genus Cyclura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107548 - 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. - get paper here 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 Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.iucn-isg.org/actionplan/ch2/lessercaymans.php http://www.iucn-isg.org/actionplan/ch2/grandcayman.php Google images

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