Ctenosaura flavidorsalis

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Ctenosaura flavidorsalis
Conservation status
Near Threatened (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. flavidorsalis
Binomial name
*Ctenosaura flavidorsalis* Köhler & Klemmer, 1994

Ctenosaura flavidorsalis, commonly known as the yellow-backed spiny-tailed iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae.

Distribution

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

^ Reynoso, V.H.; Vázquez-Cruz, M.; Rivera-Arroyo, R.C.; Malone, C.L.; Grant, T.D. (2020). "Ctenosaura flavidorsalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44188A2993811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T44188A2993811.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

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 flavidorsalis	Wikidata: Q246188 Wikispecies: Ctenosaura flavidorsalis ADW: Ctenosaura_flavidorsalis ARKive: ctenosaura-flavidorsalis CoL: 3276B GBIF: 2459610 iNaturalist: 35310 IRMNG: 10369468 ITIS: 1056070 IUCN: 44188 NCBI: 189468 Observation.org: 98520 Open Tree of Life: 446615 RD: flavidorsalis

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