Brachylophus fasciatus

Brachylophus fasciatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Iguanidae
Genus: Brachylophus
Species: Brachylophus fasciatus

Name

Brachylophus fasciatus (Brongniart, 1800)

Type locality: Tonga

Synonyms

• Iguana fasciata Bronginiart, 1800
• Agama fasciata - Daudin, 1802
• Brachylophus fasciatus - Cuvier, 1829
• Iguana (Brachylophus) fasciatus - Gray, 1831
• Brachylophus fasciatus — Duméril & Bibron, 1837
• Ctenosaurus Sieberi Fitzinger, 1843
• Hypsilophus (Brachylophus) fasciatus - Fitzinger, 1843
• Chloroscartes fasciatus Günther, 1862
• Brachylophus fasciatus - Boulenger, 1885
• Brachylophus brevicephalus Avery & Tanner, 1970
• Brachylophus fasciatus - Gibbons, 1981

References

• Brongniart, A. 1800. Essai d'une classification naturelle des reptiles. Bulletin de la Société Philomatique, 2 (36): 89–91.
• Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron, 1837. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 4. Libr.
• Günther, A. 1863. Descriptions of new species of reptiles and fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 12: 134–135.
• Boulenger, G. A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp.
• Gibbons, J. R. H. 1981. The biogeography of Brachylophus (Iguanidae) including the description of a new species, B. vitiensis, from Fiji. Journal of Herpetology, 15 (3): 255–273
• Ineich, I. & Fisher, R.N. 2016. Rediscovery of the 220-year-old holotype of the Banded Iguana, Brachylophus fasciatus (Brongniart, 1800) in the Paris Natural History Museum. Zootaxa 4138(2): 381–391. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.2.10. Reference page. 

Links

• Brachylophus fasciatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2010.
• IUCN: Brachylophus fasciatus (Brongniart, 1800) (Endangered)
• Brachylophus fasciatus (Brongniart, 1800) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Fiji banded iguana
polski: Legwan fidżijski
ไทย: อีกัวนาฟิจิ

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