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{{SHORTDESC:Species of lizard}} {{Speciesbox | image = Artis 20180519 122919 - Ctenosaura macrolopha.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Reynoso, V.H. |author2=Vázquez-Cruz, M. |author3=Rivera-Arroyo, R.C. |author4=Zarza-Franco, E. |author5=Grant, T.D. |date=2020 |title=''Ctenosaura macrolopha'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T174476A1414477 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T174476A1414477.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | status2 = CITES_A2 | status2_system = CITES | status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref> | genus = Ctenosaura | species = macrolopha | authority = [[Hobart Muir Smith|Smith]], 1972 }} '''''Ctenosaura macrolopha''''', the '''Sonoran spiny-tailed iguana''' or '''Cape spinytail iguana''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wildherps.com/species/C.macrolopha.html|title=Wild Herps - Sonoran Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura macrolopha)|website=www.wildherps.com|access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref> is a species of [[iguana]] native to Mexico.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ctenosaura&species=macrolopha|title=Ctenosaura macrolopha|work=The Reptile Database|access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1056071#null|title = ITIS - Report: Ctenosaura macrolopha}}</ref> == Description == [[File:Ctenosaura macrolopha 218101565.jpg|thumb|juvenile Sonoran spiny-tailed iguana]] adult Sonoran spiny-tailed Iguanas have generally grey and black scales with stripes and banding, especially along the tail, but possess bright green scales as a juvenile. individuals range in size from 12.5 cm (4.9 in) to well over 1 m (39 in)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ctenosaura Macrolopha -- Earthpedia animal |url=https://earthpedia.earth.com/undefined/iguanidae/ctenosaura-macrolopha/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=[[Earthpedia]] |language=en}}</ref> == Distribution and habitat == Sonoran spiny-tailed iguanas are endemic to the [[Sonoran Desert|Sonoran desert]] of southwestern North america, native primarily to the Mexican states of Sonora, Sinaloa, and parts of Chihuahua.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sonoran Spiny-Tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura macrolopha) at Herpedia™.com |url=https://www.herpedia.com/lizards/igunaidae/sonoran-spiny-tailed-iguana.php |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=www.herpedia.com}}</ref> there is a large population of hybrid ''Ctenosaura macrolopha x [[Ctenosaura conspicuosa|conspicuosa]]'' on the grounds of the [[Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum]] in Tucson, arizona. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q18603891}} [[Category:Ctenosaura]] [[Category:Endemic reptiles of Mexico]] [[Category:Fauna of the Sonoran Desert]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 1972]] [[Category:Taxa named by Hobart Muir Smith]] [[Category:Fauna of the Sierra Madre Occidental]] [[Category:Sinaloan dry forests]]
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