Cachryx

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Cachryx

Genus of lizards

Cachryx is a genus of lizards in the family Iguanidae, native to the Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent Guatemala.

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Taxonomy

There are two described species in this genus.[1] Until 2017, they were genererally included in Ctenosaura.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Cachryx at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 November 2018.
  2. [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. PMID 28716742.
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