ADW: Ctenosaura: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Order Squamata
        
        Family Iguanidae
        
        Genus Ctenosaura
        
        Species Ctenosaura acanthura
        
        Species Ctenosaura alfredschmidti
        
        Species Ctenosaura bakeri (Baker's Spinytail Iguana)
        
        Species Ctenosaura clarki
        
        Species Ctenosaura defensor
        
        Species Ctenosaura flavidorsalis
        
        Species Ctenosaura hemilopha
        
        Species Ctenosaura melanosterna
        
        Species Ctenosaura oaxacana
        
        Species Ctenosaura oedirhina
        
        Species Ctenosaura palearis
        
        Species Ctenosaura pectinata
        
        Species Ctenosaura quinquecarinata
        
        Species Ctenosaura similis (Black Iguana)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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