Cachryx

Cachryx
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

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)

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