Iguania

Taxonavigation

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
Infraordines: Acrodonta – Pleurodonta
Familiae: Agamidae – Chamaeleonidae – Iguanidae – Corytophanidae – Crotaphytidae – Hoplocercidae – Leiocephalidae – Leiosauridae – Liolaemidae – Opluridae – Phrynosomatidae – Polychrotidae – Tropiduridae

Genera incertae cedis: †Saichangurvel

Name

Iguania Cope, 1864

References

Cope, E.D. 1864. On the characters of the higher groups of Reptilia Squamata—and especially of the Diploglossa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 224–231. BHL Reference page. [see page 226]
Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Poe, S., Scarpetta, S., Gray, L. & Lieb, C. 2013. Synonyms for some species of Mexican anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Zootaxa 3637(4): 484–492. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.4.8 Reference page.
Townsend, T.M., Mulcahy, D.G., Noonan, B.P., Sites, Jr., J.W., Kuczynski, C.A., Wiens, J.J. & Reeder, T.W. 2011. Phylogeny of iguanian lizards inferred from 29 nuclear loci, and a comparison of concatenated and species-tree approaches for an ancient, rapid radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(2): 363–380. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.008 . PDF Reference page.

Vernacular names

العربية: إغوانيات
Deutsch: Leguanartige
English: Iguania
français: Iguania
hts: Qqanda (incl. other lizards)
italiano: Iguania
日本語: イグアナ下目
한국어: 이구아나류
Nederlands: Leguaanachtigen
polski: Iguania
português: Iguania
русский: Игуанообразные
中文: 鬣蜥亚目