Opluridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Opluridae
Genera (2): Chalarodon – Oplurus

Opluridae Moody, 1983: 202

Moody, S.M. 1983. The rectus abdominis muscle complex of the Lacertilia: Terminology, homology, and assumed presence in primitive iguanian lizards. pp. 195–212 in Rhodin, A.G.C. & Miyata, K. (eds.). Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology: Essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Cambridge: Massachusetts.

Frost, D.R. & Etheridge, R.E. 1989. A phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of iguanian lizards (Reptilia: Squamata). University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. Miscellaneous Publications 81: 1–65. BHL Reference page.
Titus, T.A. & Frost, D.R. 1996. Molecular homology assessment and phylogeny in the lizard family Opluridae (Squamata: Iguania). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 6(1): 49–62. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0057 Reference page.
Frost, D., Etheridge, R., Janies, D. & Titus, T.A. 2001. Total evidence, sequence alignment, evolution of polychrotid lizards, and a reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata, Iguania). American Museum Novitates 3343: 38 pp. hdl: 2246/2896 Reference page.

English: Malagasy Iguanas
polski: Madagaskarkowate