Talk:Ctenosaura similis

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Did you know... that the Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (pictured) of Central America is the world's fastest lizard, being clocked at 21.7 miles (34.9 km) per hour?

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Speed of 21.7 mph sounds like a conversion from metric raw data

If you convert 10 m/s or 35 km/h, you get 21.7 mph. Have we been demetricated? Lightmouse (talk) 07:46, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just quoting the source directly. Although I am in favor of demetrification!--Mike Searson (talk) 08:44, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Corrected conversion assuming 21.7 mph was correct. I saw another reference that quoted 21.5 mph as the top speed. DGERobertson (talk) 20:52, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Claim that ″Although it is heavily hunted it does not appear to be endangered in any of its native territory.″ is unfounded

Disclaimer: Please excuse my lack of expertise in editing. Most of my previous edits have been for grammar or clarity, so I will not make the change to the actual page.

This claim is undocumented and unfounded. Please refer to ^[1] for information about sustainability of hunting this species.Lisapaloma (talk) 04:05, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the claim is more or less correct because the IUCN assessment from 2015 makes a similar claim. The document you are referring to is from 1995 and refers to Ctenosaura in general, not this particular species. I think the needed fix is to add citation to IUCN and maybe adjust the phrasing. Micromesistius (talk) 06:41, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Ctenosaura similis, commonly known as the black iguana or the black spiny-tailed iguana, is a species of iguanid lizard native to Mexico and Central America. It has been reported in some Colombian islands in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, and has been introduced to the United States in the state of Florida. The largest species in the genus Ctenosaura, it is commonly found in areas such as grasslands and forests. This C. similis lizard was photographed on a tree branch near the Macal River, in Cayo District, western Belize.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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