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Green iguana (Iguana iguana)
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Amblyrhynchus Brachylophus Conolophus Ctenosaura Cyclura Dipsosaurus Iguana Sauromalus |
Frost et al. (1989) redefined this family. The genera belonging to the different subfamilies were assigned to separate families. This view is not generally accepted.
Frost et al classification of iguanas
Family Iguanidae
- Genus Amblyrhynchus
Genus Brachylophus
Genus Conolophus
Genus Ctenosaura
Genus Cyclura
Genus Dipsosaurus
Genus Iguana
Genus Sauromalus
Genus Armandisaurus (extinct)
Genus Lapitiguana (extinct)
Genus Pumila (extinct)
Traditional classification
Family Iguanidae
- Subfamily Corytophaninae: casquehead lizards
Subfamily Crotaphytinae: collared and leopard lizards
Subfamily Hoplocercinae: wood lizards, clubtails
Subfamily Iguaninae: iguanas and spinytail iguanas
Subfamily Leiocephalinae
Subfamily Leiosaurinae
Subfamily Liolaeminae
Subfamily Oplurinae: Madagascar iguanids
Subfamily Phrynosomatinae: earless, spiny, tree, side-blotched and horned lizards
Subfamily Polychrotinae: anoles
Subfamily Tropidurinae: neotropical ground lizards
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.
