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