Yucatán spiny-tailed iguana

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Yucatán spiny-tailed iguana

Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Iguanidae
Genus:	Cachryx
Species:	C. defensor
Binomial name
*Cachryx defensor* Cope, 1866^[3]

Synonyms^[4]^[5]
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.

Habitat

Its natural habitat is tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests.

Conservation status

It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

In the United States

A foot-long specimen was found scurrying across a loading dock on July 29, 2010 at Ford Motor Co.'s Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The creature was a stowaway in parts crates shipped from the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico. The creature was moved to an enclosure at the Detroit Zoo which it will share with a female black iguana.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Köhler, G. 2004. Ctenosaura defensor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2022.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
^ "Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia". Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. November 28, 1866.
^ Cachryx defensor at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-11-27.
^ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System". www.itis.gov. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
^ Detroit Free Press. 2010. Scaly stowaway in auto parts finds home at the zoo. Downloaded on 26 August 2010.

Iguanidae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata

Extant species

Amblyrhynchus	Marine iguana
Brachylophus	Brachylophus bulabula Lau banded iguana Gau iguana Fiji crested iguana
Cachryx	Campeche spinytail iguana Yucatán spinytail iguana
Conolophus	Galapagos land iguana Galapagos pink land iguana Santa Fe land iguana
Ctenosaura	Northeastern spinytail iguana Utila iguana Balsas armed lizard Yellowback spinytail iguana Cape spinytail iguana Honduran paleate spinytail iguana Oaxacan spinytail iguana Roatán spinytail iguana Guatemalan spinytail iguana Ctenosaura pectinata Club tail iguana Black spinytail iguana
Cyclura	Turks and Caicos rock iguana Jamaican iguana Rhinoceros iguana Northern Bahamian rock iguana Grand Cayman blue iguana Cuban iguana Lesser Caymans iguana Anegada ground iguana Ricord's iguana San Salvador iguana Mona ground iguana
Dipsosaurus	Desert iguana Catalina desert iguana
Iguana	Green iguana Lesser Antillean iguana
Sauromalus	Common chuckwalla Angel Island chuckwalla Monserrat chuckwalla San Esteban chuckwalla Spotted chuckwalla

Taxon identifiers
Ctenosaura defensor	Wikidata: Q276853 ADW: Ctenosaura_defensor ARKive: ctenosaura-defensor EoL: 795249 GBIF: 2459582 iNaturalist: 606387 IRMNG: 10643123 ITIS: 586172 IUCN: 44182 NCBI: 552730 Observation.org: 937101 Open Tree of Life: 297671 RD: defensor

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