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

Brachylophus fasciatus (Brongniart, 1800)

Chloroscartes fasciatus Günther, 1862: 134 [not Iguana fasciata Brongniart, 1800]
Brachylophus brevicephalus Avery & Tanner, 1970

Brongniart, A. 1800. Essai d'une classification naturelle des reptiles. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique 2(36): 89–91. BHL Reference page.
Günther, A. 1862. Descriptions of new species of reptiles and fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 12: 134–135.

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
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.
Ineich, I. & Fisher, R.N. 2016. Rediscovery of the 220-year-old holotype of the Banded Iguana, Brachylophus fasciatus (Brongniart, 1800) in the Paris Natural History Museum. Zootaxa 4138(2): 381–391. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.2.10. Reference page.

Fisher, R., Grant, T. & Harlow, P. 2012. IUCN: Brachylophus fasciatus (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19243030A2791124. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19243030A2791124.en. Accessed on 20 November 2025.