Brachylophus

Brachylophus fasciatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Iguanidae
Genus: Brachylophus
Species (4): B. bulabula – B. fasciatus – B. gau – B. vitiensis

Name

Brachylophus Cuvier in Guérin-Méneville, 1829: pl. 9

• Type species: Iguana fasciata Brongniart, 1800, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Guérin-Méneville F.É. 1829–1844. Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables et souvent non figurées de chaque genre d'animaux. Tome I: Planches des Animaux vertébrés. Paris, Baillière, 223 pl. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gibbons, J.R.H. 1981. The biogeography of Brachylophus (Iguanidae) including the description of a new species, B. vitiensis, from Fiji. Journal of Herpetology 15(3): 255–273. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Keogh, J.S., Edwards, D.L., Fisher, R.N. & Harlow, P.S. 2008. Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 363(1508): 3413–3426. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0120 Reference page. 
• Fisher, R.N., Niukula, J., Watling, D. & Harlow, P.S. 2017. A new species of iguana Brachylophus Cuvier 1829 (Sauria: Iguania: Iguanidae) from Gau Island, Fiji Islands. Zootaxa 4273(3): 407–422. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.3.5. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Fidschileguane
• English: Banded Iguanas
• 日本語: フィジーイグアナ属

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