Ctenosaura quinquecarinata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Ctenosaura quinquecarinata (Gray, 1842)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.30.48.
Type locality: “Demerara ?”, cited as “the region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico” by Cope (1870: 161), restricted to “Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico” by Bailey (1928: 43).

Cyclura quinquecarinata Gray, 1842: 59 [original combination]
Enyaliosaurus quinquecarinatus — Gray, 1845: 192 [subsequent combination]
Ctenosaura quinquecarinata — Bocourt in Duméril & Bocourt, 1874: 138 [subsequent combination]

Ctenosaura praeocularis Hasbún & Köhler, 2009: 197 [synonymised by McCranie (2018: 264)]

Gray, J.E. 1842. Description of some new species of Reptiles, chiefly from the British Museum collection. The Zoological Miscellany 2: 57–59. BHL
Hasbún, C.R. & Köhler, G. 2009. New Species of Ctenosaura (Squamata, Iguanidae) from Southeastern Honduras. Journal of Herpetology 43(2): 192–204. DOI: 10.1670/08-039R1.1 Reference page.
McCranie, J.R. 2018. The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication Series 2: 1–666. BHL Reference page.

Köhler, G. 2019. IUCN: Ctenosaura quinquecarinata (Endangered) (amended version of 2004 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44193A145208743. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T44193A145208743.en. Accessed on 05 August 2026.