Yucatan Spiny-tailed Iguana
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
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 tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forestss. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Source

• Köhler, G. 2004. Ctenosaura defensor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.

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