Iguana melanoderma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Cladus: 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

Holotype: MCZ R-75832, adult ♀, collected by J.D. Lazell on 23 June 1963.
Type locality: “Lesser Antilles, Saba; Windward side”.
Synonymised with Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) by Van den Burg, de Queiroz, Ventayol, Debrost & Malone (2026: 394).

Breuil, M., Schikorski, D., Vuillaume, B., Krauss, U., Morton, M.N., Corry, E., Bech, N., Jelić, M. & Grandjean, F. 2020. Painted black: Iguana melanoderma (Reptilia, Squamata, Iguanidae) a new melanistic endemic species from Saba and Montserrat islands (Lesser Antilles). ZooKeys 926: 95–131. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.926.48679 Reference page.
Van den Burg, M.P., De Queiroz, K., Ventayol, M., Debrost, A.O. & Malone, C.L. 2026. Consideration of range-wide variation is critical when splitting widely distributed species: the case of the proposed Iguana melanoderma. Zootaxa 5748(3): 387–399. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.4 Reference page.