Iguana delicatissima

Iguana delicatissima

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 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: Iguana
Species: Iguana delicatissima

Name

Iguana delicatissima Laurenti, 1768

Type locality: Indiis

Holotype: Zool. Mus. Torino, not located

Synonyms

• Iguana delicatissima Laurenti, 1768
• Iguana nudicollis Merrem, 1820 (nom. substit.)
• Amblyrhynchus delicatissima Wagler, 1830
• Iguana nudicollis Duméril & Bibron, 1837
• Iguana delicatissima Boulenger, 1885
• Iguana delicatissima Lazell, 1973
• Iguana delicatissima Schwartz & Henderson, 1991

References

• Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien I (Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum). J. C. Kriegeri, Marburg, 191 pp.
• Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. 1.0. Cotta, München, Stuttgart, and Tübingen, 354 pp.
• Duméril, A.M.C. Bibron, G. 1837. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 4. Librairie. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 570 pp.
• Boulenger, G. A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp.
• Lazell, J.D., Jr. 1973. The lizard genus Iguana in the Lesser Antilles. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 145(1): 1–28.
• Wijffels, L.C.M. 1976. De Antillenleguaan. Lacerta 34 (11):135-13

Links

• Iguana delicatissima at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2010.
• IUCN: Iguana delicatissima Laurenti, 1768 (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Lesser Antillean Iguana, West Indian Iguana
español: Iguana del Caribe
français: Iguane des Petites Antilles
magyar: Kis-antilláki leguán
македонски: Игуана
Nederlands: Antillenleguaan, Antilliaanse leguaan
polski: Legwan szlachetny
русский: Игуана карибская зелёная