Wishywilly
Ctenosaura oedirhina de Queiroz, 1987
Status not recordedlizards
The wishywilly (Ctenosaura oedirhina) is a species in the family Iguanidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 22.7 g and reach 19.3 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Honduras.
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Quick facts about the wishywilly
- Weight
- 22.7 g
- Length
- 19.3 cm
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest
- Egg incubation
- 83 days
- Young per litter or clutch
- 7 – 8
- Age at maturity
- 2 years
- Reproduction
- Eggs
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the wishywilly?
Where does the wishywilly live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The wishywilly is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the wishywilly endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the wishywilly classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyIguanidae
- genusCtenosaura
- SpeciesCtenosaura oedirhina de Queiroz, 1987
Other names and names in other languages (10)
- De Queiroz's spiny-tailed iguanaEnglish
- De Queiroz's spinytail iguanaEnglish
- Roatan spiny-tailed iguanaEnglish
- Roatán spiny-tailed iguanaEnglish
- Roatan spinytail iguanaEnglish
- Roatán spinytail iguanaEnglish
- إغوانة رواتان شائكة الذيلArabic
- Roatan-tornhaleleguanDanish
- RoatanleguanGerman
- GarroboSpanish
Relatives of the wishywilly
Other species in the same genus Ctenosaura.
Black iguana
Ctenosaura similis
Swamper
Ctenosaura bakeri
Veracruz spiny-tailed iguana
Ctenosaura acanthura
Guatemalan black iguana
Ctenosaura palearis
Spiny-tailed iguana
Ctenosaura pectinata
Club tail iguana
Ctenosaura quinquecarinata
CompareWishywilly vs Black iguanaWishywilly vs SwamperWishywilly vs Veracruz spiny-tailed iguanaWishywilly vs Guatemalan black iguana
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the wishywilly?
An adult wishywilly weighs 22.7 g and measures 19.3 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the wishywilly live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the wishywilly for 1 country: Honduras. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the wishywilly?
The wishywilly (Ctenosaura oedirhina) belongs to the family Iguanidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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