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title: "Baja-California-Schwarzleguan"
description: "Ctenosaura hemilopha — Reptilien. Ctenosaura hemilopha, also known as the Cape spiny-tailed iguana or Baja California spiny-tailed iguana, is a species of spinytail iguana endemic to Baja California."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/cape-spiny-tailed-iguana
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Baja-California-Schwarzleguan

> Ctenosaura hemilopha — Reptilien. Ctenosaura hemilopha, also known as the Cape spiny-tailed iguana or Baja California spiny-tailed iguana, is a species of spinytail iguana endemic to Baja California.

- Scientific name: *Ctenosaura hemilopha*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptilien)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2242
- Wikidata: [Q754148](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754148)
- iNaturalist taxon: [35311](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35311)

## Names

- en: Cape Spiny-tailed Iguana
- de: Baja-California-Schwarzleguan
- es: Iguana de palo

## Countries with the most observations

MX (2161)

## Summary

Ctenosaura hemilopha, also known as the Cape spiny-tailed iguana or Baja California spiny-tailed iguana, is a species of spinytail iguana endemic to Baja California.  It is arboreal and primarily herbivorous, although it can be an opportunistic carnivore.  Males may grow up to 100 centimeters (39 in) in length, while females are smaller, with a length of up to 70 centimeters (28 in). Five subspecies are currently recognized.
The existence of mainland and insular populations of this species has been valuable in providing biologists with study and control groups comparing the evolution of island populations and their…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctenosaura_hemilopha

## Photo

![Baja-California-Schwarzleguan](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-spiny-tailed-iguana/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267296074

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cape-spiny-tailed-iguana?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).