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Black Spiny-Tailed Iguana
Ctenosaura similis
20.6002, -87.0967
Field Notes
Description:
Identifiable by the spiny comb-like ridge along its back, and grey-green skin with brown accents and black stripes. A very large lizard, some growing up to 4.5 ft. This one was about 3.3 ft.
Notes:
Found near a resort in Playa del Carmen, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
Omnivores.
Spiny-Tailed Iguanas can run over 21 mph. They're the fastest lizards in the world!
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Ctenosaura similis
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 27, 2016
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