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    Species Accepted

    Oplurus cuvieri Gray, 1831

    Collared iguana
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Oplurus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
      Androngovato Malagasy
      Collared iguana English
      Cuvier's Madagascar Swift English
      Cuvier-malgasleguán Hungarian
      Cuviers Madagaskarleguan German
      Iguana codaspinosa del Madagascar Italian
      Iguana malgascia dalla coda spinosa Italian
      Madagascan collared iguana English
      Madagassisk Halsbånd-tornleguan Danish
      Oplurus de Cuvier French

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      42 results
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      Münchenberg, Tobias, Katharina C. Wollenberg, Frank Glaw and Miguel Vences. (2008). Molecular phylogeny and geographic variation of Malagasy iguanas (Oplurus and Chalarodon). Amphibia- Reptilia 29(3):319-327.
      Glaw, F., & Vences, M. (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3).
      Rosa, Gonçalo M. and Sylviane Rakotozafy. (2013). Opportunistic but voracious: Madagascan spiny-tailed iguana, Oplurus cuvieri (Reptilia: Opluridae) predation upon a small mammal. Herpetology Notes 6: 459-461.
      Uetz, P. H., Patel, M., Gbadamosi, Z., Nguyen, A., & Shoope, S. (2024). A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732.
      Schönecker, & Patrick. (2014). Gestaltung von Terrarien. Draco 16 (56): 6-29.
      Savage, J. M. (1952). The correct generic names for the iguanid lizards of Madagascar and the Fidji islands. Copeia 1952 (3): 182.
      Barbour, & Thomas. (1918). Vertebrata from Madagascar. 2. Amphibia and Reptilia. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 61 (14): 479-489.
      Webster, Kathleen C. & Oliver Hawlitschek. (2022). Die Komoren: Herpetologischer Hotspot im Fokus des globalen Klimawandels. Elaphe 2022 (4): 74-77.
      Hawlitschek, Oliver; Boris Brückmann, Johannes Berger, Katie Green, Frank Glaw. (2011). Integrating field surveys and remote sensing data to study distribution, habitat use and conservation status of the herpetofauna of the Comoro Islands. ZooKeys 144: 21-79.

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