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Iguana
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Iguana delicatissima |
An iguana is a large tropical American lizard, generally any member of the reptile family Iguanidae but specifically members of the genus Iguana.
Species of the genus Iguana
(after Frost et al.)- Lesser Antillean Iguana , Iguana delicatissima
- Green Iguana, Iguana iguana
- Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus
References
- Frost, D.E. and R.E. Etheridge (1989) A Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy of Iguanian Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata). Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81
- Frost, D.R., R. Etheridge, D. Janies and T.A. Titus (2001) Total evidence, sequence alignment, evolution of Polychrotid lizards, and a reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata: Iguania). American Museum Novitates 3343: 38 pp.
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