Yucatan Spiny-tailed Iguana

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Yucatan Spiny-tailed Iguana
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Ctenosaura
Species: C. defensor
Binomial name
Ctenosaura defensor
(Cope, 1866)

The Yucatan Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura defensor) is a species of lizard in the Iguanidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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