- the
interrelationships of
extinct and
living iguanians: The
extinct Arretosauridae (Paleogene
iguanians from
Central Asia) are
alternatively classified...
- prehension.
Iguanians are the only
lineage within the
Squamata that
display this trait,
meaning that it was
gained independently in both
iguanians and tuataras...
- also have
cloacal sacs and
fixed eyelids. The
Iguanians are
another diverse group of lizards. All
iguanians are
fully limbed. Most
species ambush their...
-
study also
found that
geckos are the
earliest crown group squamates, not
iguanians. In 2022, the
extinct genus Cryptovaranoides was
described from the Late...
-
crest along the spine. Previously, due to
their isolation from all
other iguanians, it was
thought that
oplurids had very
ancient origins. A
study of mitochondrial...
-
closer to Var**** and
Anguis than Scincus.
These lizards,
along with
iguanians and snakes,
constitute the
proposed "venom clade"
Toxicofera of all venomous...
-
Leiosauridae to be the
sister taxa to the Opluridae, a
unique family of
iguanians endemic to Madagascar, and one of only two
pleurodont lineages found outside...
- this family. The "historical"
classification recognized all New
World iguanians, plus
Brachylophus and the
Madagascar oplurines, as
informal groups and...
-
Agamidae is a
family of over 550
species of
iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in
Southern Europe. Many
species are commonly...
-
Mathias (1989). "Phylogenetic and
Geographic Patterns of
Basiliscine Iguanians (Reptilia: Squamata: “Iguanidæ”)".
Bonner Zoologische Monographien (28):...
