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Iguanas
	Green iguana (Iguana iguana)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Sauropsida;
Order:	Squamata;
Suborder:	Iguania;
Family:	Iguanidae;
Genera
	Amblyrhynchus; Brachylophus; Conolophus; Ctenosaura; Cyclura; Dipsosaurus; Iguana; Sauromalus

Iguanidae is a family of lizards, composed of iguanas and related species.^[1]

[edit] Classification of Iguanidae

Two different classification schemes have been used to define the structure of this family. These are the "traditional" classification and the classification presented by Frost et al. (1989).^[2]^[3]

Frost et al. redefined this family. The genera belonging to the different subfamilies were assigned to separate families. This view is not generally accepted and the 'traditional' classification is still widely used.

[edit] Traditional classification

Family Iguanidae

Subfamily Corytophaninae: casquehead lizards
Subfamily Crotaphytinae: collared and leopard lizards
Subfamily Hoplocercinae: wood lizards, clubtails
Subfamily Iguaninae: green 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

[edit] Frost et al. classification of iguanas

Family Iguanidae

Genus Amblyrhynchus
Genus Anolis
Genus Brachylophus
Genus Conolophus
Genus Ctenosaura
Genus Cyclura
Genus Dipsosaurus
Genus Iguana
Genus Sauromalus
Genus Armandisaurus (extinct)
Genus Gangiguana (extinct)
Genus Lapitiguana (extinct)
Genus Pumila (extinct)

Green Iguana sp.	Lesser Antillean Iguana, Dominica, W.I..	Marine Iguanas, Galapagos Islands.	Galapagos Land Iguana, Galapagos Islands.
Iguana found in the Florida Keys, diving into the sea.	A green iguana.	Ctenosaura similis, Tulum, Mexico

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Family iguanidae

[edit] References

^ Bauer, Aaron M. (1998). Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.. ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 140–142. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.
^ D.R. Frost & R. Etheridge (1989) «A phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of iguanian lizards (Reptilia: Squamata)» Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81
^ D.R. Frost, R. Etheridge, D. Janies & 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.

[EoR-0] Bauer, Aaron M. (1998). Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.. ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 140–142. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.

[1] D.R. Frost & R. Etheridge (1989) «A phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of iguanian lizards (Reptilia: Squamata)» Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81

[2] D.R. Frost, R. Etheridge, D. Janies & 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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Contents

[edit] Classification of Iguanidae

[edit] Traditional classification

[edit] Frost et al. classification of iguanas

[edit] External links

[edit] References