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Ctenosaura clarki
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Iguanidae
Genus:	Ctenosaura
Species:	C. clarki
Binomial name
*Ctenosaura clarki* J.W. Bailey, 1928^[3]
Synonyms^[4]
Ctenosaura clarki J.W. Bailey, 1928 Enyaliosaurus clarki — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950 Ctenosaura clarki — Liner, 1994 Ctenosaura (Enyaliosaurus) clarki — G. Köhler et al., 2000 Ctenosaura clarki — Cruz-Sáenz et al., 2017

Ctenosaura clarki, commonly known as the Balsas armed lizard, Balsas spiny-tailed iguana, Michoacán dwarf spiny-tailed iguana, or nopiche,^[5] is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species native to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, clarki, is in honor of Dr. Herbert Charles Clark (1877–1960), director of medical research and laboratories, United Fruit Co., for his support of the herpetological collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.^[6]^[7]

Geographic range

C. clarki is endemic to the Balsas dry forests in the state of Michoacán in western Mexico.

Behavior

A semi-arboreal species, C. clarki shelters in hollow branches of tree cacti.^[1]

Reproduction

C. clarki is oviparous.^[4]

Conservation status

C. clarki is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Köhler, G. (2004). "Ctenosaura clarki ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44194A10861033. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44194A10861033.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ "Ctenosaura clarki ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
^ ^a ^b Species Ctenosaura clarki at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ Duellman, William E. [in French]; Duellman, Ann S. (16 February 1959). "Variation, Distribution, and Ecology of the Iguanid Lizard Enyaliosaurus clarki of Michoacan, Mexico" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology (598). University of Michigan: 1–10.
^ Bailey JW (1928). p. 2.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Ctenosaura clarkii [sic]", p. 54).

Bailey, John Wendell (1928). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Ctenosaura". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 73: 1-55. (Ctenosaura clarki, new species, pp. 44–46 + plate 27).
Gicca, Diderot F. (1982). "Enyaliosaurus clarki (Bailey) Balsas Armed Lizard". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (301): 1–2.

Iguanidae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata

Extant species

Amblyrhynchus	Marine iguana
Brachylophus	Brachylophus bulabula Lau banded iguana Gau iguana Fiji crested iguana
Cachryx	Campeche spinytail iguana Yucatán spinytail iguana
Conolophus	Galapagos land iguana Galapagos pink land iguana Santa Fe land iguana
Ctenosaura	Northeastern spinytail iguana Utila iguana Balsas armed lizard Yellowback spinytail iguana Cape spinytail iguana Honduran paleate spinytail iguana Oaxacan spinytail iguana Roatán spinytail iguana Guatemalan spinytail iguana Ctenosaura pectinata Club tail iguana Black spinytail iguana
Cyclura	Turks and Caicos rock iguana Jamaican iguana Rhinoceros iguana Northern Bahamian rock iguana Grand Cayman blue iguana Cuban iguana Lesser Caymans iguana Anegada ground iguana Ricord's iguana San Salvador iguana Mona ground iguana
Dipsosaurus	Desert iguana Catalina desert iguana
Iguana	Green iguana Lesser Antillean iguana
Sauromalus	Common chuckwalla Angel Island chuckwalla Monserrat chuckwalla San Esteban chuckwalla Spotted chuckwalla

Taxon identifiers
Ctenosaura clarki	Wikidata: Q3006481 Wikispecies: Ctenosaura clarki ADW: Ctenosaura_clarki ARKive: ctenosaura-clarki CoL: 32765 EoL: 795248 GBIF: 2459573 iNaturalist: 35318 IRMNG: 11359619 ITIS: 586173 IUCN: 44194 NCBI: 552731 Observation.org: 98518 Open Tree of Life: 297673 RD: clarki

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