2015 Genetic Sampling Fieldwork

Evaluation of the genetic diversity of the Yellow-backed Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura flavidorsalis) and Five-keeled Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura quinquecarinata), sister taxa to the threatened Oaxacan Spiny-tailed Iguana

Report submitted by Gabriela Díaz-Juárez and Víctor Hugo Reynoso

Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

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Adult Ctenosaura flavidorsalis. Photo by Vïctor H. Reynoso.

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Dr. Víctor H. Reynoso, Gabriela Díaz-Juárez, and Jorge Robleto (left to right) examining captured iguanas. Photo by Milton Ubeda.
Ctenosaura quinquecarinata
Hatchling Ctenosaura quinquecarinata. Photo by Milton Ubeda.
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Local guide Don Gilberto with Ctenosaura flavidorsalis. Photo by Gabriela Díaz-Juárez.
Ctenosaura quinquecarinata
Ctenosaura quinquecarinata. Photo by Gabriela Díaz-Juárez.
Ctenosaura quinquecarinata
Ctenosaura flavidorsalis in Honduras. Photo by Gabriela Díaz-Juárez.