Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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 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]

• Lotzkat, S., Hertz, A. & Bienentreu, J.-F. 2013. Distribution and variation of the giant alpha anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) of the genus Dactyloa in the highlands of western Panama, with the description of a new species formerly referred to as D. microtus. Zootaxa 3626(1): 1–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.1.1 Reference page. 

• 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, J.W.Jr., Kuczynski, C.A., 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

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