Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Black Ctenosaur

Ctenosaura similis

Description:

Also known as the black spiny-tailed iguana. Black spiny-tailed iguana have distinctive black, keeled scales on their long tails, which gives them their common name. They have a crest of long spines which extends down the centre of the back.

Habitat:

Hotel grounds by river

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

Mel11
Spotted by
Mel11

Carara, San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on Sep 14, 2008
Submitted on Nov 23, 2020

Related Spottings

Black Iguana Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Black Iguana Black Iguana

Nearby Spottings

Costa Rican Black Swallowtail Hecale Longwing Spotting Chestnut-backed Antbird
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team