The thorn-tailed iguana, the black thorn-tailed iguana, is a lizard from Mexico and Central America. Many people keep it as a pet. If you like it, you can learn more about it. Let me introduce you to the spiny-tailed iguana.

I. Basic information

【Chinese name】Black thorn-tailed iguana

【Latin name】 】Ctenosaura similis

【Another name】Black iguana

【Kingdom】Animal Kingdom

【Domain】Chordates

【Class】 ] Reptiles

[Order] Squamata

[Family] American Iguana

[Genus] Thorn-tailed Iguana

[Species] Black spiny-tailed iguana

[Distribution area] Mexico and Central America

II. Appearance characteristics

Male spiny iguanas can grow up to 1.5 meters, and females can grow to 1 meter. They have long spines on their crowns that extend to the center of their backs. Although individual colors may vary widely, they are generally white-gray or tan with 4-12 stripes on the back. Males turn orange around their head and throat during the breeding season.

III. Living habits

Thorn-tailed iguanas are good climbers and like to live in rocky environments. Sun and climbing a nearby tree. They are diurnal, fleeing quickly from predators, but also wagging their tails and biting each other when threatened. The Guinness Book of World Records records a spiny-tailed iguana running at a speed of 34.9 kilometers per hour, making it the fastest lizard in the world.

Spin-tailed iguanas are primarily herbivorous, eating flowers, leaves, stems, and fruit, but sometimes small animals, eggs, and arthropods. Young lizards tend to eat insects, and then gradually become herbivorous.

The above is some information about the thorn-tailed iguana, and friends who are interested can collect it.