- Ctenosaura defensor
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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, 1866The Yucatán 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.
A foot-long specimen was found scurrying across a loading dock on July 29, 2010 at Ford Motor Co.'s Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights, MI. The creature was a stowaway in parts crates shipped from the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico. The creature was moved to an enclosure at the Detroit Zoo which it will share with a female black iguana.
Source
- Köhler, G. 2004. Ctenosaura defensor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- Detroit Free Press. 2010. Ice-trapped pollutants poison polar bears' diets. Downloaded on 26 August 2010.
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