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The Iguanidae is a family of lizard
Lizard

Lizards are a large and widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 5,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains....
s, composed of iguana
Iguana

Iguana is a genus of lizard native to tropical areas of Central America and South America and the Caribbean. The genus was first described by Austrian naturalist Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in his book Specimen Medicum, Exhibens Synopsin Reptilium Emendatam cum Experimentis circa Venena in 1768....
s and related species.

Classification of iguanidae
Two different classification schemes have been used to define the structure of this family. These are the "traditional" classification and the classification presented by Frost et al. (1989).

Frost et al. redefined this family. The genera belonging to the different subfamilies were assigned to separate families.






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The Iguanidae is a family of lizard
Lizard

Lizards are a large and widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 5,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains....
s, composed of iguana
Iguana

Iguana is a genus of lizard native to tropical areas of Central America and South America and the Caribbean. The genus was first described by Austrian naturalist Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in his book Specimen Medicum, Exhibens Synopsin Reptilium Emendatam cum Experimentis circa Venena in 1768....
s and related species.

Classification of iguanidae


Two different classification schemes have been used to define the structure of this family. These are the "traditional" classification and the classification presented by Frost et al. (1989).

Frost et al. redefined this family. The genera belonging to the different subfamilies were assigned to separate families. This view is not generally accepted and the 'traditional' classification is still widely used.

Traditional classification

Family Iguanidae
  • Subfamily Corytophaninae
    Corytophanidae

    Corytophanidae is a family of lizards also called casque head lizards or helmeted lizards. They typically have well-developed head crests in the shape of a casque....
    : casquehead lizards
  • Subfamily Crotaphytinae
    Crotaphytidae

    The family Crotaphytidae, or Collared lizards, are desert-dwelling reptiles native to the Southwest USA and northern Mexico. They are very fast-moving animals, with long limbs and tails, and are carnivore, feeding mainly on smaller lizards....
    : collared and leopard lizards
  • Subfamily Hoplocercinae
    Hoplocercidae

    The hoplocercids are a family of lizards native to the tropical forests of Central America and South America. They are predominantly terrestrial, and some use their spiny tails to dig shallow retreats in the ground, although they do not build true burrows....
    : wood lizards, clubtails
  • Subfamily Iguaninae: green iguana
    Green Iguana

    The green iguana or common iguana is a large, arboreal herbivory species of lizard of the genus Iguana native to Central America and South America....
    s and spinytail iguana
    Ctenosaura

    File:Iguanamexico.jpgCtenosaura is a genus of lizard commonly known as spinytail iguanas within the large lizard family , Iguanidae and are native to Mexico and Central America....
    s
  • Subfamily Leiocephalinae
  • Subfamily Leiosaurinae
    Leiosauridae

    Classification'Family Leiosauridae*Genus Diplolaemus*Genus Leiosaurus*Genus Pristidactylus...
  • Subfamily Liolaeminae
    Liolaemidae

    Classification'Family Liolaemidae*Genus Ctenoblepharys*Genus Liolaemus*Genus Phymaturus...
  • Subfamily Oplurinae
    Opluridae

    The Opluridae, or Madagascan Iguanas, are a family of moderately sized lizards native to Madagascar. The family includes species that live amongst rocks, some that live in trees, and one that inhabits sand dunes....
    : Madagascar iguanids
  • Subfamily Phrynosomatinae
    Phrynosomatidae

    Phrynosomatidae is a diverse family of lizards, found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada. Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spiny lizards prefer rocky deserts or even relatively moist forest edges, and the short-horned lizard lives in prairie or sagebrush environments....
    : earless, spiny, tree, side-blotched and horned lizards
  • Subfamily Polychrotinae
    Polychrotidae

    Polychrotidae is a family of lizards commonly known as Anoles . Some authorities place the anoles in subfamily Polychrotinae of the family Iguanidae....
    : anoles
  • Subfamily Tropidurinae
    Tropiduridae

    The Tropiduridae is a family of lizards native to South America and the West Indies. Most are ground-dwelling animals, and the family includes some lizards adapted to relatively cold climates, including those of the Andes mountains and Tierra del Fuego....
    : neotropical ground lizards


Frost et al classification of iguanas

Family Iguanidae
  • Genus Amblyrhynchus
  • Genus Anolis
    Anolis

    Anolis is a genus of lizards belonging to the family Iguanidae. With nearly 400 species, Anolis represents the world's most species rich amniote genus....
  • Genus Brachylophus
    Brachylophus

    The genus Brachylophus consists of three Extant taxon iguanid species native to the islands of Fiji and Tonga in the Oceania....
  • Genus Conolophus
    Conolophus

    The Gal?pagos land iguanas comprise the genus Conolophus. The name, Conolophus, is derived from two Greek words: conos meaning "spiny" and lophos meaning "crest" or "plume", denoting the spiny crests along the backs of these species....
  • Genus Ctenosaura
    Ctenosaura

    File:Iguanamexico.jpgCtenosaura is a genus of lizard commonly known as spinytail iguanas within the large lizard family , Iguanidae and are native to Mexico and Central America....
  • Genus Cyclura
    Cyclura

    Cyclura is a genus of lizards from the family Iguanidae. Members of this genus are known as "cyclurids" or more commonly as rock iguanas and only occur on islands in the West Indies....
  • Genus Dipsosaurus
  • Genus Iguana
    Iguana

    Iguana is a genus of lizard native to tropical areas of Central America and South America and the Caribbean. The genus was first described by Austrian naturalist Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in his book Specimen Medicum, Exhibens Synopsin Reptilium Emendatam cum Experimentis circa Venena in 1768....
  • Genus Sauromalus
  • Genus Armandisaurus
    Armandisaurus

    Armandisaurus is an extinct genus of iguanid.See also* Gangiguana...
     (extinct)
  • Genus Lapitiguana
    Lapitiguana

    Lapitiguana is an extinct genus of iguanid.See also* Gangiguana...
     (extinct)
  • Genus Pumila
    Pumila

    Pumila is an extinct genus of iguanid.See also* Gangiguana...
     (extinct)