Reptiles Database

Brachylophus fasciatus BRONGNIART, 1800

                             
 

Higher Taxa

Iguanidae, Iguania, Sauria (lizards

Subspecies

Common Name

Fiji Banded Iguana

Synonym

Iguana fasciata BRONGNIART 1800
Agama fasciata - DAUDIN 1802
Brachylophus fasciatus - CUVIER 1829
Iguana (Brachylophus) fasciatus - GRAY 1831
Brachylophus fasciatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 226
Ctenosaurus Sieberi FITZINGER 1843
Hypsilophus (Brachylophus) fasciatus - FITZINGER 1843
Chloroscartes fasciatus GÜNTHER 1862: 134
Brachylophus fasciatus - BOULENGER 1885: 192
Brachylophus brevicephalus AVERY & TANNER 1970
Brachylophus fasciatus - GIBBONS 1981

Location

Fiji Islands (Viti Levu, Wakaya, Ovalau, Moturiki, Gau, Beqa, Vatuele, Kandavu Ono, Dravuni, Taveuni, Nggamea, Vanua, Balavu, Avea, Vatu Vara,Lakeba, Aiwa, Oneata, Vanua Levu, Vanua Vatu, Totoya, Kabara, Fulaga),
Tonga Islands (Tongatapu),
New Hebrides (Efate), Iles Wallis

Type locality: Tonga

Holotype

Comment

References
  • Alberts, A.C.; Carter, R.L.; Hayes, W.K. & Martins, E.P. (eds.) 2004. Iguanas - Biology and Conservation. University of California Press, 356 pp.
  • Anonymous 1983. Der Fidschi-Leguan. Herpetofauna 5 (26): 11
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp.
  • Brongniart,A. 1800. Essai d'une classification naturelle des reptiles. Bull. Soc. Philomath. 2 (36): 89-91
  • Burns, E.L.; Costello, B.H.; Houlden, B.A. 2007. Three evolutionary significant units for conservation in the iguanid genus Brachylophus. Pacific Conservation Biology 123(1): 64-78
  • Colgan, D. J.;Da Costa, P. 1997. Genetic discrimination between the iguanas Brachylophus vitiensis and Brachylophus fasciatus Journal of Herpetology 31 (4): 589-591
  • Cope, E.D. 1886. On the species of Iguaninae. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 23 (122): 261-271
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1837. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 4. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 570 pp.
  • Garman, S. 1901. Some reptiles and batrachians from Australasia. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 39: 1-14
  • Gibbons,J.R.H. 1981. The biogeography of Brachylophus (Iguanidae) including the description of a new species, B. vitiensis, from Fiji. Journal of Herpetology 15 (3): 255-273
  • Günther,A. 1863. Descriptions of new species of reptiles and fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 12: 134-135
  • Keogh JS, Edwards DL, Fisher RN, Harlow PS. 2008. Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 363(1508): 3413-26
  • O'Shea, M.T. 1987. The iguanas of Fiji and Tonga Herptile (Ayr, Scotland) 12(3): 108-109, 111-124.
  • Reisinger, M. & Köhler, G. 2004. Brachylophus fasciatus - Haltung und Nachzucht im Terrarium seit zehn Jahren. Salamandra 40 (1): 37-50
  • Schmidt, J. 2003. Haltung und Vemehrung des Gebänderten Fidschi-Leguans (Brachylophus fasciatus BRONGNIART 1800). Reptilia (Münster) 8 (6): 56-63
  • Zug,G. R. 1991. The lizards of Fiji: Natural history and systematics. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. 2: 1-136


 
 
Reptiles Home   >  Search   >  Species