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Western Spiny-tailed Iguana
Ctenosaura pectinata
24 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Green IguanaIguana iguana
Black Spiny-tailed IguanaCtenosaura similis
Eastern Mexican Spiny-Tailed IguanaCtenosaura acanthura
Sonoran Spiny-tailed IguanaCtenosaura macrolopha
Cape Spiny-tailed IguanaCtenosaura hemilopha
Oaxaca Spiny-tailed IguanaCtenosaura oaxacana
Roatan Spinytail IguanaCtenosaura oedirhina
Cope's Largescale Spiny LizardSceloporus utiformis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 7,052 |
|---|---|
| Sinaloa | 1,759 |
| Jalisco | 1,611 |
| Oaxaca | 1,269 |
| Nayarit | 961 |
| Morelos | 478 |
| Guerrero | 335 |
| Colima | 300 |
| Michoacan de Ocampo | 103 |
| Puebla | 85 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Reptiles · Reptilia |
| Order | Snakes and Lizards · Squamata |
| Family | Iguanas and Chuckwallas · Iguanidae |
| Genus | Spiny-tailed Iguanas · Ctenosaura |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Western Spiny-tailed Iguana with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.