- Iguanidae
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Iguanas 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Squamata Suborder: Lacertilia Infraorder: Iguania Family: Iguanidae Genera Amblyrhynchus
Brachylophus
Conolophus
Ctenosaura
Cyclura
Dipsosaurus
Iguana
SauromalusIguanidae is a family of lizards, composed of iguanas and related species.[1]
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Classification of Iguanidae
Two different classification schemes have been used to define the structure of this family. These are the "traditional" classification and the classification presented by Frost et al. (1989).[2][3]
Frost et al. redefined this family. The genera belonging to the different subfamilies were assigned to separate families. This view is not generally accepted and the 'traditional' classification is still widely used.
Traditional classification
Family Iguanidae
- Subfamily Corytophaninae: casquehead lizards
- Subfamily Crotaphytinae: collared and leopard lizards
- Subfamily Hoplocercinae: wood lizards, clubtails
- Subfamily Iguaninae: marine, Fijian, Galapagos land, spinytail, rock, desert, green, and chuckwalla iguanas
- Subfamily Leiocephalinae: curly-tailed lizards
- Subfamily Leiosaurinae
- Subfamily Liolaeminae
- Subfamily Oplurinae: Madagascan iguanids
- Subfamily Phrynosomatinae: earless, spiny, tree, side-blotched and horned lizards
- Subfamily Polychrotinae: anoles
- Subfamily Tropidurinae: neotropical ground lizards
Frost et al. classification of iguanas
Family Iguanidae
- Genus Amblyrhynchus – Galápagos marine iguana
- Genus Brachylophus – Fijian/Tongan iguanas
- Genus Conolophus – Galápagos land iguana
- Genus Ctenosaura – spinytail iguanas
- Genus Cyclura – West Indian rock iguanas
- Genus Dipsosaurus – desert iguana
- Genus Iguana – green and lesser Antillean iguanas
- Genus Sauromalus – chuckwallas
- Genus Armandisaurus (extinct chuckwalla)
- Genus Gangiguana (extinct)
- Genus Lapitiguana (extinct giant Fijian iguana)
- Genus Pumila (extinct Palm Springs iguana)
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Green Iguana sp.
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Lesser Antillean Iguana, Dominica, W.I..
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Iguana found in the Florida Keys, diving into the sea.
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A desert iguana from Amboy Crater, California.
References
- ^ Bauer, Aaron M. (1998). Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.. ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 140–142. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.
- ^ D.R. Frost & R. Etheridge (1989) «A phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of iguanian lizards (Reptilia: Squamata)» Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81
- ^ D.R. Frost, R. Etheridge, D. Janies & T.A. Titus (2001) Total evidence, sequence alignment, evolution of polychrotid lizards, and a reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata: Iguania) American Museum Novitates 3343: 38 pp.
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