---
title: "Cténosaure noir"
description: "Ctenosaura similis — Reptiles. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/black-spiny-tailed-iguana
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cténosaure noir

> Ctenosaura similis — Reptiles. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Ctenosaura similis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 51942
- Wikidata: [Q1132759](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132759)
- iNaturalist taxon: [35303](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35303)

## Names

- en: Black Spiny-tailed Iguana
- de: Schwarzer Leguan
- es: Iguana negra de cola espinosa
- fr: Cténosaure noir
- nl: Zwarte leguaan
- pl: Czarnogwan środkowoamerykański

## Countries with the most observations

MX (23773), CR (15252), US (3717), BZ (2245), HN (2208), PA (1300), SV (571), NI (532), GT (307), CO (252), BS (83)

## Photo

![Cténosaure noir](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-spiny-tailed-iguana/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kate Manning · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264763013

## Machine access

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