Honduran Paleate Spiny-tailed Iguana
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Iguanidae
Genus:	Ctenosaura
Species:	C. melanosterna
Binomial name
Ctenosaura melanosterna Buckley & Axtell, 1997

The Honduran Paleate Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura melanosterna) is a species of lizard in the Iguanidae family. It is endemic to Honduras. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

• Köhler, G. 2004. Ctenosaura melanosterna. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.

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