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Description: This map illustrates the geographic distribution of the three large and wide ranging species of lizards in the genus Ctenosaura (spinytail iguanas): Ctenosaura acanthura; Ctenosaura pectinata; Ctenosaura similis. It is based on texts and maps published in the following references - Köhler, G. 2002. Schwarzleguane: Lebensweise, Pflege, Zucht. Herpeton, Verlag Elke Köhler, Offenbach, Germany. 142 pp. Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition. Herpeton, Verlag Elke Köhler, Offenbach, Germany. 400 pp. Lee, J. C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. xii, 500 pp. Lee, J. C. 2000. A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World. Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. xi + 402 pp. Lemos Espinal, J. A. and J. R. Dixon. 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of San Luis Potosí. Eagle Mountain Publishing, LC. Eagle Mountain, Utah. i-xii, 1-300 pp. Lemos-Espinal, Julio A., Daniel B. Wylie, and Geoffrey R. Smith. 2017. New distributional records for reptiles from Nuevo León, Mexico. Herpetology Notes, 10: 639-641. McCranie, J. R. 2018. The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras: Systematic, Distridution, and Conservation. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publiscation Series, No. 2: 1-666 pp. Savage, J. M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica, A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. xx, 934 pp.
Title: Geographic distribution of three large species of lizards in the genus Ctenosaura (C. acanthura, C. pectinata, C. similis)
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Author: William L. Farr
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