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Iguana Laurenti, 1768

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Laurenti, J. N. (1768). Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu. <em>Vienna, Joan. Thomae.</em> 217 pp.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Iguanidae
genus
Iguana

Name

Synonyms
Iguana Gronovius, 1763
Iguanina Gray, 1825
Homonyms
Iguana Laurenti, 1768
Iguana Gronovius, 1763
Common names
Cự đà in Vietnamese
Green Iguanas in English
Green Iguanas in English
Grønne Leguaner in Danish
Iguanas in English
Iguanas in English
Iguanas in English
Leguán in Czech
Typical Iguanas in English
iguana in English
İguanalar in Turkish
Игуана in Macedonian
Игуаны in Russian
Настоящие игуаны in Russian
Сапраўдныя ігуаны in Belarusian
إغوانا نموذجية in Arabic
อิกัวนา in Thai
イグアナ属 in Japanese
グリーンイグアナ属 in Japanese
鬣蜥屬 in Chinese

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. CoL 2006
  4. 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.
  5. Laurenti, J. N. (1768). Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu. <em>Vienna, Joan. Thomae.</em> 217 pp.
  6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  8. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2026). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  9. SN2000/Uetz, 1995-
  10. SN2000/Uetz, 1995-, PaleoDB
  11. Syn. Rept.
  12. as per family (all nonmarine except 1 species of Amblyrhynchus)
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