Cachryx
Appearance
Cachryx | |
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Yucatán spiny-tailed iguana (Cachryx defensor) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Iguanidae |
Genus: | Cachryx Cope, 1866 |
Cachryx is a genus of lizards in the family Iguanidae, native to the Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent Guatemala.
Taxonomy
[edit]There are two described species in this genus.[1] Until 2017, they were genererally included in Ctenosaura.[2]
- Campeche spiny-tailed iguana, Cachryx alfredschmidti (Kohler, 1995)
- Yucatán spinytail iguana, Cachryx defensor (Cope, 1866)
References
[edit]- ^ Cachryx at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2018.
- ^ Malone, C.L.; Reynoso, V.H.; Buckley, L. (2017). "Never judge an iguana by its spines: Systematics of the Yucatan spiny tailed iguana, Ctenosaura defensor (Cope, 1866)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 115: 27–39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.010. PMID 28716742.