Iguana delicatissima

Iguana delicatissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Iguania
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Diapsida Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Sauria Infraordo: Iguania

Familia: Iguanidae
Genus: Iguana
Species: Iguana delicatissima

Name

Iguana delicatissima Laurenti, 1768

Type locality: Indiis

Holotype: Zool. Mus. Torino, not located

Synonyms

• Iguana delicatissima Laurenti, 1768
• Iguana nudicollis Merrem, 1820 (nom. substit.)
• Amblyrhynchus delicatissima - Wagler, 1830
• Iguana nudicollis — Duméril & Bibron, 1837
• Iguana delicatissima - Boulenger, 1885
• Iguana delicatissima — Lazell, 1973
• Iguana delicatissima — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991

References

• Laurenti, J. N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu. Vienna, Joan. Thomae, 217 pp.
• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien I (Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum). J. C. Kriegeri, Marburg, 191 pp.
• Wagler, J. G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. 1.0. Cotta, München, Stuttgart, and Tübingen, 354 pp.
• Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1837. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 4. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 570 pp.
• Boulenger, G. A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp.
• Lazell, J. D., Jr. 1973. The lizard genus Iguana in the Lesser Antilles. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 145 (1): 1-28.

Links

• Iguana delicatissima at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2010.
• IUCN: Iguana delicatissima Laurenti, 1768 (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

English: Lesser Antillean Iguana, West Indian Iguana
español: Iguana del Caribe
français: Iguane des Petites Antilles
magyar: Kis-antilláki leguán
македонски: Игуана
polski: Legwan szlachetny
русский: Игуана карибская зелёная