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Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Iguanidae
genus
Iguana
species
Iguana iguana

Name

Synonyms
Iguana coerulea Daudin, 1802
Iguana emarginata Spix, 1825
Iguana lophryoides Spix, 1825
Iguana melanoderma Breuil et al., 2020
Iguana minima Laurenti, 1768
Iguana sapidissima Merrem, 1820
Iguana squamosa Spix, 1825
Iguana tuberculata Laurenti, 1768
Iguana viridis Spix, 1825
Iguana vulgaris Link, 1806
Lacerta iguana Linnaeus, 1758
Lacerta igvana Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Adi iquana in Azerbaijani
American Iguana in English
Bamboo Chicken in English
Black iguana in English
Blue Iguana in English
Camaleão in Portuguese
Camaleão in Portuguese
Cameleão in language.
Central American Green Iguana in English
Common Green Iguana in English
Common Green Iguana in English
Common Green Iguana in English
Common Iguana in English
Green Iguana in English
Green Iguana in English
Green iguana in English
Green iguana in English
Green iguana in English
Green iguana, Common Green Iguana, Common iguana, American iguana in English
Grenadines horned iguana in English
Grenadines horned iguana in English
Groene leguaan in Dutch
Grénge Leguan in Luxembourgish
Grön leguan in Swedish
Grønn Iguan in Norwegian Bokmål
Grüner Leguan in German
Grüner Leguan in German
Grüner Leguan in German
Iguaani in Finnish
Iguana in Portuguese
Iguana in Portuguese
Iguana comune in Italian
Iguana común in Spanish
Iguana dai tubercoli in Italian
Iguana de Ribera in Spanish
Iguana de Ribera in Spanish
Iguana verde in Spanish
Iguana verde in Spanish
Iguana-Verde in Portuguese
Iguana-Verde in Portuguese
Iguane commun in French
Iguane commun (L'), Iguane vert in French
Iguane commun, Iguane vert in French
Iguane rhinolophe in French
Iguane vert in French
Igwan boutin in Breton
Iwan in language.
Leguaan, Legwana in language.
Leguan in Danish
Legwan zielony in Polish

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Buckley, Larry J., Kevin de Queiroz, Tandora D. Grant, Bradford D. Hollingsworth, et al., 2016: A Checklist of the Iguanas of the World (Iguanidae; Iguaninae). Herpetological Conservation and Biology, vol. 11, monograph 6. 4-46.
  3. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Meneses-Pelayo, E. (2018). Guía de campo para los reptiles y anfibios de Santander, Colombia. Disponible en http://www.santanderherps.com
  6. Townsend et al. (2003), https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v10i4
  7. Townsend, Josiah H., Kennth L. Krysko, Anthony T. Reppas, and Coleman M. Sheehy III, 2002: Noteworthy Records for Introduced Reptiles and Amphibians from Florida, USA. Herpetological Review, vol. 33, no. 1. 75.
  8. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
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