Yucatán spiny-tailed iguana

Yucatán spiny-tailed iguana
CITES Appendix II 
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Cachryx
Species:
C. defensor
Binomial name
Cachryx defensor
Cope, 1866
Synonyms
  • Ctenosaura defensor (Cope, 1866)
  • Enyaliosaurus defensor (Cope, 1866)

The Yucatán spiny-tailed iguana (Cachryx defensor) is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is endemic to northern Yucatán, Mexico.

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