Brachylophus

Brachylophus
Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus bulabula) in captivity
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Brachylophus
Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Brachylophus fasciatus[citation needed]
Cuvier, 1829
Species

Brachylophus bulabula
Brachylophus fasciatus
Brachylophus gau
Brachylophus vitiensis
Brachylophus gibbonsi

The genus Brachylophus consists of four extant iguanid species native to the islands of Fiji[1] and a giant extinct species from Tonga in the South West Pacific.[2] One of the extant species, B. fasciatus, is also present on Tonga, where it has apparently been introduced by humans.[2]

  1. ^ Fisher, R. N.; Niukula, J.; Watling, D.; Harlow, P. S. (2017). "A New Species of Iguana Brachylophus Cuvier 1829 (Sauria: Iguania: Iguanidae) from Gau Island, Fiji Islands". Zootaxa. 4273 (3): 407–422. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4273.3.5. PMID 28610241. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Keogh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).