- morunasaurs: wood lizards,
clubtails Informal grouping oplurines:
Madagascan iguanids Informal grouping sceloporines: earless, spiny, tree, side-blotched and...
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chuckwallas are all
placed within the
genus Sauromalus; they are part of the
iguanid family, Iguanidae. The
generic name, Sauromalus, is said to be a combination...
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Dactyloidae are a
family of
lizards commonly known as
anoles (US: /əˈnoʊ.liz/ ) and
native to
warmer parts of the Americas,
ranging from
southeastern United...
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Lapitiguana impensa is an
extinct giant (1.5 m long)
iguanid from Fiji. It
probably became extinct following the
human colonization of Fiji 3000 years...
- PMID 11038588.
Okajima Y,
Kumazawa Y (2009). "Mitogenomic
perspectives into
iguanid phylogeny and biogeography:
Gondwanan vicariance for the
origin of Madagascan...
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Oplurus cuvieri,
commonly known as the
collared iguana, the
collared iguanid lizard, Cuvier's
Madagascar skink, Cuvier's
Madagascar swift, and the Madagascan...
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isolated Old
World iguanids became extinct through competition with
other lizard groups (e.g., agamids). In contrast,
western Pacific iguanids are
nested deeply...
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Iguanid herpesvirus 2 (IgHV-2) is a
species of
virus of
uncertain generic and
subfamilial placement in the
family Herpesviridae and
order Herpesvirales...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 196
species Endangered (EN): 382
species Vulnerable (VU): 411
species Near threatened...
- The
genus Brachylophus consists of four
extant iguanid species native to the
islands of Fiji and a
giant extinct species from
Tonga in the
South West...
