Biology:Cachryx

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Short description: Genus of lizards

Cachryx
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Yucatán spiny-tailed iguana (Cachryx defensor)
Scientific classification e
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

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

  1. Cachryx at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2018.
  2. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q57578910 entry