Roatán 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. oedirhina
Binomial name
Ctenosaura oedirhina de Queiroz, 1987

The Roatán Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura oedirhina), also known as de Queiroz's Spiny-tailed Iguana, is a species of lizard in the Iguanidae family. It is endemic to Honduras and the island of Roatán, for which it is named.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Source

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

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